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Pauline Hanson entered the Senate chamber wearing a black burqa to protest after her bill to ban full face coverings was blocked, repeating a demonstration she first held in 2017. Hanson, defending her actions on Facebook, linked global burqa bans to women’s oppression and national security, and her party increased Senate seats recently amid rising anti-immigration sentiment. The protest sparked condemnation from Larissa Waters, Mehreen Faruqi, Fatima Payman, Lidia Thorpe, Penny Wong, Anne Ruston, and Aftab Malik, and resulted in Hanson’s suspension after she refused to remove the burqa.

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Pauline Hanson entered the Senate chamber wearing a black burqa to protest after her bill to ban full face coverings was blocked, repeating a demonstration she first held in 2017. Hanson, defending her actions on...

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