Far-Right Australian Politician Dons Burqa In 'Racist' Parliament Stunt

Pauline Hanson was seeking to introduce a bill in the Senate that would ban full face coverings in Australia.

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00:28President, a dress code might be a choice of the senators, but racism should not be

00:53the choice of the Senate. This is a racist senator displaying blatant racism and Islamophobia,

01:01President, and if someone should pull her up on that.

01:06Whatever views we may have on policy is to be this disrespectful of the Chamber

01:13and of people of faith. Whatever our own beliefs may be, the sort of disrespect that you are

01:21engaging in now is not worthy of a member of the Australian Senate and it should not be allowed to stand.