Afternoon Update: Hanson condemned for ‘reprehensible’ comments; Americans top NZ ‘golden visa’ surge; and ringing in lunar new year | Australia news

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The race discrimination commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, has called on Pauline Hanson to apologise for inflammatory comments about Australian Muslims, amid backlash to her comments denounced by others as “reprehensible”.

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