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Not sure if it would have prevented her running for office again, but in any case the conviction was overturned on appeal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson#Fraud_conviction_and_reversal
The constitution only renders you ineligible to sit in Parliament while you are under sentence or subject to sentencing. Once you've served your sentence you are eligible again.