{"id":3174,"date":"2025-11-24T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:14:02","slug":"far-right-politician-prompts-fury-with-burqa-antics-in-australian-parliament-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3174","title":{"rendered":"Far-right politician prompts fury with burqa antics in Australian parliament | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Pauline Hanson\u2019s provocation was part of a long-running campaign to ban the wearing of the traditional Muslim garment in public.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 24 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">24 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A far-right Australian lawmaker has prompted angry accusations of racism after wearing a burqa in parliament to draw attention to her push to ban the garment in public.<\/p>\n<p>Pauline Hanson, the leader of the populist anti-immigration One Nation party, carried out the stunt on Monday after she was prevented from tabling a Senate bill to ban the traditional Muslim garment and other face coverings from Australian public life.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Hanson prompted immediate outrage as she walked into the Senate chamber wearing the burqa, with several lawmakers accusing her of racism and Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings were suspended when she refused to remove the garment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA dress code might be a choice of the senators, but racism should not be the choice of the Senate,\u201d Australian Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi, the first Muslim to be elected to Australia\u2019s upper chamber, said. \u201cThis is a racist senator displaying blatant racism and Islamophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Independent Senator Fatima Payman, who is also Muslim, called the stunt \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and accused Hanson of \u201cdisrespecting the Muslims out there, the Muslim Australians\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Penny Wong, leader of Australia\u2019s centre-left Labour government in the Senate, called Hanson\u2019s actions \u201cnot worthy of a member of the Australian Senate\u201d and moved a motion to suspend her.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"long-running-campaign\">Long-running campaign<\/h2>\n<p>It was the second time Hanson had used a burqa as a prop in parliament in support of her long-running bid to ban the garment from being worn publicly. She\u00a0previously donned the garment in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The senator for Queensland first rose to prominence in the 1990s on the back of her strident opposition to immigration from Asia and by asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>Her One Nation party has four seats in the Senate, having doubled its representation in the chamber in May\u2019s general election, with support for its far-right agenda on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on Facebook following Monday\u2019s events, Hanson said her actions were in protest at the Senate rejecting her proposed bill.<\/p>\n<p>She asserted that she had worn the \u201coppressive\u201d garment to highlight the mistreatment of women and the risk it posed to national security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pauline Hanson\u2019s provocation was part of a long-running campaign to ban the wearing of the traditional Muslim garment in public. 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