The debate over the burqa took a theatrical turn in the Australian Senateon Thursday, as senator Pauline Hanson donned the garment to House proceedings, before taking it off with a flourish, in a bid to get it banned in the country.
Hanson, leader of the far-right One Nation party, wore the burqa for 20 minutes during the Senate's daily question time session. She removed it to demand the garment be banned in public for national security reasons.
The debate over the burqa took a theatrical turn in the Australian Senateon Thursday, as senator Pauline Hanson donned the garment to House proceedings, before taking it off with a flourish, in a bid to get it banned in the country.
Hanson, leader of the far-right One Nation party, wore the burqa for 20 minutes during the Senate's daily question time session. She removed it to demand the garment be banned in public for national security reasons.