Australian Senator Suspended After Burka Stunt Sparks Uproar

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00:30Did you just come from Afghanistan, wow, holy, wow.

01:00Why do you want to stop life?

01:04Lock the doors.

01:09Question is that motion 250 moved by Senator Askew on behalf of Senator Bragg be agreed

01:15to.

01:16I was passed to the right of the chair, no's to the left.

01:19Is this a point of order?

01:21Senator, Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe.

01:29Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe, resume your seat.

01:35Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe, resume your seat.

01:42This matter has been considered before.

01:46This is a matter for individual senators' conscience and...

01:53Senator Faruqi.

01:54President, a dress code might be a choice of the senators, but racism should not be the

02:01choice of the Senate.

02:02Senator Faruqi.

02:03This is a racist senator displaying blatant racism and Islamophobia, President.

02:08Senator Faruqi.

02:09Senator Faruqi.

02:10And you, someone, someone should pull her up on that.

02:13Senator Faruqi.

02:14Senator Faruqi.

02:15And it is you in the chair.

02:16You should be pulling her up on that.

02:18Senator Faruqi.

02:19Present.

02:20Let's wave your seat.

02:22Senator Paimon on the same issue, I take it?

02:27What else would I be talking about, Deputy President?

02:30Because if you ... if this is about the Dress Code, she is disrespecting her faith.

02:36She is disrespecting the Muslims out there.

02:38Muslims Australians.

02:39It's absolutely unconstitutional.

02:43This needs to be dealt with immediately before we proceed.

02:48Senator Wishwilson, if this is on the same matter, I'm not going to entertain any more.

02:53Order that's different, Deputy President, Senator Hanson is using a prop in the Senate

03:01and it's a dangerous prop.

03:04But I ask that you rule on her bringing a prop into the Senate, but it's not her normal

03:09dress code, Deputy President.

03:13It is clearly a prop to make a political statement.

03:15If I was to wear a Greens T-shirt in here or a Fremantle Dockers shirt or whatever, I would

03:21get shown in the North.

03:22Senator Wishwilson, resume your seat.

03:25This matter has been ruled on before.

03:30Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe, Senator Thorpe, resume your seat.

03:37Senator Thorpe, resume your seat.

03:40Senator Faruqi, resume your seat.

03:43Senator Waters.

03:44Deputy President, I would like to request that you review your earlier ruling because clearly

03:51what has happened today is not a genuine demonstration of faith.

03:56In fact, it is the middle finger to people of faith.

04:00It is extremely racist and unsafe and I would like you to reconsider your earlier ruling,

04:08that it is not appropriate in this Senate to draw attention to a religion that this person

04:14does not even subscribe to.

04:16It is an insult and it must be against the standing orders.

04:19I would like you to review your earlier ruling.

04:21Senator Waters, I will absolutely reveal it and I will also refer it to the President.

04:26I'm happy to step out of the chair for the President.

04:33Senator Wong, will you seek in the call?

04:39President, I rise to ask that you reflect the ruling of Senator Parry when in the President's

04:47chair in relation to a similar stunt by this Senator in this place.

04:53I would remind those who may not have been here of what the then leader of the government,

04:59Senator Brandeis, said at the time.

05:02He says to Senator Hanson, Senator, I'm not going to pretend to ignore the stunt you have

05:07tried to pull today by arriving in the chamber dressed in a burqa when we all know you are

05:13not an adherent of the Islamic faith.

05:16I will caution and counsel you with respect to be very, very careful of the offence you

05:21may do to the religious sensibilities of other Australians.

05:25We do have many Australians in this country who are adherents of the Islamic faith.

05:31The great majority are law-abiding Australians, good Australians, Senator Hanson, and it is

05:38absolutely consistent with being a decent Australian and being a strict and adherent Muslim.

05:46So, Senator Hanson, I would say this to you – and this is me now, not Senator Brandeis – with

05:53whose remarks I concur, and it was one of the occasions in this chamber where the then opposition

06:01backed the government of the day to stand against this sort of stunt.

06:05And what I would say to you, President, is that Senator Hanson, all of us in this place,

06:15have a great privilege in coming into this chamber.

06:18A great privilege.

06:19And we represent, in our states, people of every faith, of every faith, of all backgrounds,

06:29and we should do so decently.

06:33And what we should not do in this place, whatever views we may have on policy, is to be this disrespectful

06:40of the chamber and of people of faith.

06:44Whatever our own beliefs may be, whatever our own beliefs may be, the sort of disrespect

06:50that you are engaging in now is not worthy of a member of the Australian Senate.

06:55And it should not be allowed to stand.

06:58So I ask Senator, ask President, that you reflect, take advice from the Clerk, and I'd refer you

07:05to the ruling of Senator Parry when he was the President in relation to precisely the same

07:10issue that we are seeing today.

07:11I am advised that this has occurred in the past, and Senator Parry was the President at

07:20the time, and what he ruled was that using a religious icon or religious dress or anything

07:29to do with a religion as a prop, and not in the proper way that it is expected to be used,

07:35was disrespectful to the parliament.

07:38At that time, he asked Senator Hanson to either remove the item of clothing that she's wearing,

07:47or risk suspension.

07:49I intend to uphold the ruling of Senator Parry and ask Senator Hanson to remove herself from

07:56the chamber and remove the clothing and come back dressed appropriately, or risk suspension,

08:05and she certainly will not be heard if she doesn't remove herself from the chamber.

08:10Thank you, Senators.

08:11I am advised that because we are on a point – Senator Hanson, you will not be heard.

08:20Senator Hanson, you will not be heard.

08:23I've repeated the order that Senator Parry gave, and I understand.

08:30Senator Hanson, I'm going to call on the Leader of Government.

08:43I would ask that we move to the next item of business, the President.

08:50I believe we're up to General Business 246.

08:55Senator Hanson, I believe we have one of the first things he was included.

08:56Gregor, Michael.

08:57You sped me?

08:58iendevictor.

09:07Youkokhe.

09:12And here we're seeing Suspene.

09:14Where do these things?

09:15We use the opportunity to put things right into it.

09:19We need music and different here.

09:21So I find that we can be strongest.

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