Australian senator banned for wearing burqa in protest blasted as racist
Senator Pauline Hanson banned from parliament for 7 days for wearing burqa in the chamber to demand they be banned nationally.
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Senator Pauline Hanson banned from parliament for 7 days for wearing burqa in the chamber to demand they be banned nationally.
Right-wing populist senator's stunt comes after her bill to ban face coverings was blocked from introduction by the Australian senate.
Anti-immigration party senator Pauline Hanson said of her protest: "If they don't want me wearing it — ban the burqa."
In a scene that laid bare the extraordinary double standards governing Australia’s political class, Senator Pauline Hanson of the One Nation Party w...