An Australian Senator has been criticised for wearing a burqa in protest for the second time. The right-wing leader of the One Nation party, Senator Pauline Hanson, walked into the chamber wearing the garment after she was denied permission to introduce a bill for a ban on full-face coverings. Her entrance was met with outcry from other senators, with one calling it “blatant racism”. This isn’t the first time she’s done this, having carried out the same stunt back in 2017. #itvnews #australia |

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has forced the Senate to suspend after she reprised a burqa stunt from eight years ago. The Queensland senator was trying to table a motion to ban the burqa — a head-and-body covering predominantly worn by Muslim women in Afghanistan — on Monday afternoon, but the motion was not granted. Moments later, she returned to the Senate chamber to vote in a division, alongside Coalition and crossbench senators, wearing a black burqa, with her legs visible. Senators becam