"Hanson prompted immediate outrage as she walked into the Senate chamber wearing the burqa, with several lawmakers accusing her of racism and Islamophobia. Proceedings were suspended when she refused to remove the garment. A dress code might be a choice of the senators, but racism should not be the choice of the Senate, Australian Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi, the first Muslim to be elected to Australia's upper chamber, said. This is a racist senator displaying blatant racism and Islamophobia."
"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. 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."
Pauline Hanson wore a burqa in the Australian Senate to promote her long-running campaign to ban the traditional Muslim garment and other face coverings in public. Senators protested and accused her of racism and Islamophobia, and proceedings were suspended after she refused to remove the garment. Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Independent Senator Fatima Payman, both Muslim, condemned the stunt as racist and disrespectful to Muslim Australians. Labor leader Penny Wong moved a motion to suspend Hanson, calling the action unworthy of a senator. Hanson has used the garment as a prop before and leads the One Nation party, which increased its Senate seats.
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