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Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament connected Monday (November 24, 2025) arsenic a governmental prop successful her propulsion to prohibition the Muslim garment successful public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim senators implicit the stunt.
Ms. Hanson wore the burqa soon aft she was denied support to present a Bill that would outlaw burqas and different full-face coverings successful nationalist places successful Australia.
It was the 2nd clip Ms. Hanson had utilized the caput garment, worn by immoderate Muslim women, successful Parliament successful an effort to prohibition the nationalist wearing of burqas.
The Senate erupted successful choler arsenic she walked into the enclosure wearing the burqa, and proceedings were suspended erstwhile Ms. Hanson refused to region it.
"This is simply a racist Senator, displaying blatant racism," said Muslim Mehreen Faruqi, a Greens Senator from the State of New South Wales.
Muslim Fatima Payman, an autarkic Senator from the State of Western Australia, called the stunt "disgraceful".
Both Penny Wong, person of Australia’s centre-left Labour authorities successful the Senate, and Anne Ruston, Deputy Senate person for the Opposition coalition, condemned Ms. Hanson's actions.
Ms. Wong called them "not worthy of a subordinate of the Australian Senate" and moved a question to suspend Ms. Hanson for failing to region the garment. After Ms. Hanson refused to leave, Senate proceedings were suspended.
Ms. Hanson, a Senator for Queensland, archetypal roseate to prominence successful the 1990s due to the fact that of her strident Opposition to migration from Asia and to asylum seekers, and has agelong campaigned against Islamic covering during her Parliamentary career.
She antecedently wore a burqa to Parliament successful 2017, besides calling for a nationalist prohibition astatine the time.
Ms. Hanson’s One Nation enactment has 4 seats successful the Senate, gaining 2 successful May's General Election amid rising enactment for far-right anti-immigration policies.
In a connection aboriginal posted connected Facebook, Ms. Hanson said her actions were successful protestation astatine the Senate rejecting her projected Bill.
"So if the Parliament won't prohibition it, I volition show this oppressive, radical, non-religious caput garb that risks? our nationalist information and the ill-treatment of women connected the level of our Parliament truthful that each Australian knows what's astatine stake," Ms. Hanson said successful the statement. "If they don't privation maine wearing it - prohibition the burqa."
