From Fox News: Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings to be suspended.
Hanson arrived in the full-face covering shortly after being denied permission to introduce her bill seeking to ban burqas and other face coverings in public. The move prompted shouting across the chamber as senators demanded she remove the garment. Senate leaders eventually halted the session when she refused to do so.
Leaders from both major parties condemned the stunt. Labor Senate leader and Foreign Minister Penny Wong described Hanson’s display as “not worthy of a member of the Australian Senate,” according to Reuters, and moved to suspend her after she refused to comply with instructions to remove the covering. Opposition Deputy Senate Leader Anne Ruston also criticized the act.
Two muslim senators condemned Hanson’s actions. Green party Sen. Mehreen Faruqi denounced the move. “This is a racist senator, displaying blatant racism.” Independent Sen. Fatima Payman similarly denounced the act as “disgraceful” and “shame”.
The report explains that Hanson, 71, dressed up in a burqa back in 2017 as part of her longtime campaign against Islamic dress, and has warned for decades against immigration from Asia and voiced her opposition to Australia’s multicultural policies.
In a social media post, Hanson wrote:
Today I wore a burqa into the Senate after One Nation’s bill to ban the burqa and face coverings in public was blocked from even being introduced.
The usual hypocrites had an absolute freak out.
The fact is more than 20 countries around the world have banned the Burqa because they recognise it as a tool that oppresses women, poses a national security risk, encourages radical islam and threatens social cohesion.
If these hypocrites don’t want me to wear a burqa, they can always support my ban.
Listen to my right of reply to what happened today, because I was blocked from saying anything in Parliament.
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Today I wore a burqa into the Senate after One Nation’s bill to ban the burqa and face coverings in public was blocked from even being introduced.
The usual hypocrites had an absolute freak out.
The fact is more than 20 countries around the world have banned the Burqa… pic.twitter.com/8ZZ0Sin1hG
— Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 (@PaulineHansonOz) November 24, 2025
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