WHAT WAS CLAIMED
Pauline Hanson is suing Anthony Albanese in a US court over her senate suspension for wearing a burqa on the floor of parliament.
OUR VERDICT
False. The story is fake and based on made-up quotes.
AAP FACTCHECK - Pauline Hanson isn't suing Anthony Albanese over her senate suspension for wearing a burqa in parliament, despite claims spreading widely on social media.
The claims come from engagement-bait Facebook pages, and there is no evidence that they are credible.
While the pages focus on Australian content, they are managed by users in Vietnam.
The pages - Swim Aquatics, Super Swimming and Swim Hub - have also previously posted disinformation about Australian swimmers.
They have recently made more than 30 posts containing claims about Australian politicians, including One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and former opposition leader Peter Dutton, being involved in court battles as well as a series of fake quotes.
One post from Swim Aquatics claims Senator Hanson is taking Mr Albanese to court in the US.
"I tried to sue Anthony Albanese in Australia, but the case was covered up," it quotes her as saying.
The post includes a link to a website expanding on the claim, featuring comments supposedly made by the senator at a "highly charged press conference".
Senator Hanson was suspended from the Senate in late November for wearing a burqa on the floor of the upper house.
However, she has not announced plans to launch legal action in the US and there is no public record of her supposed remarks.
Another similar post claims Senator Hanson is taking the prime minister to court in the US over alleged bribes paid to other politicians.
"The man, who is the Prime Minister of a country but hides behind the media, I will take him to court..." the post quotes her as saying.
However, the quotes are also fabricated and there's no record of any legal action.
Another post claims she has supported court action against Mr Albanese brought by former Liberal leader Peter Dutton.
AAP FactCheck recently debunked similar claims about Mr Dutton suing the prime minister over election irregularities.
A further post falsely claimed that Mr Dutton was confronted by a "young immigrant" on live television and said: "Anyone who comes here is a guest in a house that isn't theirs".
The post continues: "Dutton Furious Live: Humiliates Immigrant Who Provoked Him and Freezes the Studio. 'Feeling Australian Isn't Enough!'"
There is no record of Mr Dutton clashing with a "young immigrant" on TV and making those remarks.
The pages have also targeted Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, confusingly saying she is the deputy leader of the Liberal Party while also claiming she has faced a leadership spill.
The post claims Liberal MP Andrew Hastie and his former colleague, Katie Allen, called Ms Ley "a failure who can't get anything done".
It adds that Ms Ley responded with a "brief retort that sparked a wave of furious reactions".
While there has been talk of a leadership spill, Ms Ley's leadership has not yet been directly challenged. The quotes attributed to the Liberal leader are also fake.
Other false posts claim the prime minister made a $1.5 million donation to the St Vincent de Paul Society in late November.
'DON'T WORRY, I WON'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND," it quotes Mr Albanese as saying.
While the government does provide financial support to the charity, the PM did not unveil a donation in November.
Mr Albanese has previously used the phrase "no one left behind" as a broader principle. However, the precise quote in the post has been fabricated.
Another post claims ABC News reported that Mr Albanese made an urgent announcement about a wildfire, with thousands of people in eastern Australia facing "SEVERE DAMAGE".
While a webpage linked beneath the post claims the fires started two years ago, it also confusingly states they are ongoing and people are in imminent danger.
Mr Albanese hasn't made such an announcement about wildfires in recent weeks and there's no record of ABC News publishing the remarks.
Another post claimed Environment Minister Murray Watt criticised Mr Albanese over the recent redesign of the Bureau of Meteorology's website, accusing the prime minister of wasting taxpayer money.
"'If the government can't even manage a website, how can Australians trust them with managing the economy'," the post quotes the minister as saying.
A linked news story claims Mr Watt made the comments in "an emotional statement".
There has been public criticism over the website's $96.5 million redesign, The Guardian reported.
Mr Watt did say he was "not happy" with the redesign, the ABC reported, but there is no record of him criticising Mr Albanese or of his supposed "emotional statement".
The pages have also made false claims about the missing South Australian boy Gus Lamont.
AAP FactCheck has previously debunked other claims about Gus, who went missing from a rural property in September.
One recent post claimed that the "first clue", which was "a secret bunker", had been found.
A separate post claimed a rusty suitcase had been pulled from the bottom of a well. Police have not announced such discoveries in the search for the four-year-old as of late November, according to an official police statement.
This is not the first time AP FactCheck has debunked disinformation from the same pages about Australian swimmers Kyle Chalmers and Mollie O'Callaghan.
AAP FactCheck previously reported that such Facebook pages are engagement-bait operations that publish false claims to drive traffic to websites often laden with scams, ads and viruses.
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