{"id":11102,"date":"2025-11-24T19:31:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/far-right-australian-politician-sparks-outrage-by-wearing-burqa-in-parliament\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:31:52","slug":"far-right-australian-politician-sparks-outrage-by-wearing-burqa-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/far-right-australian-politician-sparks-outrage-by-wearing-burqa-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right Australian politician sparks outrage by wearing burqa in parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SYDNEY, Nov 24 — A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country’s parliament, in a display that other lawmakers slammed as “racist”.<\/p>\n

Pauline Hanson of the anti-immigration One Nation party was seeking to introduce a bill in the Senate that would ban full face coverings in Australia — a policy she has campaigned on for decades.<\/p>\n

Just minutes after other lawmakers blocked her from introducing that bill, she returned wearing a black burqa and sat down.<\/p>\n

Her display was meet by outrage from her fellow senators.<\/p>\n

Australian Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters said the move was “the middle finger to people of faith”.<\/p>\n

“It is extremely racist and unsafe,” Waters added.<\/p>\n

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who also serves as leader of the government in the Senate, condemned it as “disrespectful”.<\/p>\n

“All of us in this place have a great privilege in coming into this chamber,” Wong said.<\/p>\n

“We represent in our states, people of every faith, of every faith, of all backgrounds. And we should do so decently.”<\/p>\n

Hanson refused to remove the burqa and the Senate was suspended.<\/p>\n

It is the second time she has donned the Muslim clothing in parliament.<\/p>\n

In 2017, she wore a full burqa in the Senate to highlight what she said were the security issues the garment posed, linking it to terror.<\/p>\n

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Hanson has described Islam as “a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own”.<\/p>\n

Her party has increased support as the country’s main conservative opposition remain beset by infighting, with a poll this month reported by The Australian Financial Review showing them with a record 18 per cent support.<\/p>\n

That comes as a government envoy said in September that Australia had failed to tackle persistent and intensifying Islamophobia. — AFP <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SYDNEY, Nov 24 — A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country’s parliament, in a display that other lawmakers slammed as “racist”. Pauline Hanson of the anti-immigration One Nation party was seeking to introduce a bill in the Senate that would ban full face coverings in Australia — a…<\/p>\n

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