Coalition and Labor Senate leaders sharply rebuke One Nation leader over her stunt and accuse her of ridiculing MuslimsThe leader of Australia’s rightwing One Nation party has been rebuked by the Turnbull government for entering the Senate chamber wearing a black burqa. Pauline Hanson caused a commotion by arriving at the Senate chamber for the daily question time session dressed in a black burqa, which was designed to underscore a call she intended to make to ban the religious garment, citing national security concerns. Brandis applauded after rebuking Pauline Hanson for wearing burqa – politics live Read moreThe leader of the government in the Senate, the attorney general George Brandis, told the One Nation leader the ruling Coalition had no intention of banning the burqa. “Senator Hanson, no, we will not be banning the burqa,” Brandis told the Senate on Thursday. Facebook Twitter Pinterest One Nation leader Pauline Hanson pulls off the burqa she wore to question time in the Senate chamber.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 05:48 UTC