Australian police find Pauline Hanson's comments did not breach hate speech laws

In a statement, an AFP spokesperson said the matter had been finalised and the comments did not meet the threshold for relevant offenses, including those under the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Act 2026, which was passed in January. The AFP had received reports of a crime in relation to the comments shortly after Hanson's appearance.

Hanson had previously stated that she believed the AFP was trying to use new hate speech laws to put her in jail. She did not withdraw her original comments but later offered a conditional apology, stating she did not believe there were no 'good' Muslims and apologizing if she had offended anyone who did not believe in sharia law, multiple marriages, or bringing ISIS brides into the country.

In March, Hanson was censured in the Senate over her Sky News comments, with the motion supported by Labor, the Greens, and some crossbench and Liberal senators. Hanson described the censure motion as a 'stunt'.