(Staff posts from ABC NEWS & The AUSTRALIAN on 25 November 2025.)
One Nation Party leader Pauline Hanson has been
censured by the Senate and suspended for seven sitting days, a day after she
wore a burka in the chamber to push for the garment's ban.
The censure motion was moved by government Senate
leader Penny Wong, who said the burka stunt "mocked and vilified" an
entire faith, and was "disrespectful" to the Senate as an
institution. The Auatralian Senate has also been suspended over Pauline
Hanson‘s latest stunt – entering the chamber wearing a burqa.
After Foreign Minister Penny Wong moved to have the One Nation leader suspended from the Senate for the remainder of sitting, Senate President Sue Lines was forced to suspend the chamber after Senator Hanson refused to leave.
The right-wing minor party is set to again push for legislation banning the burqa, more than seven years since the party was slapped down by both Labor and the Coalition over a similar attempt to ban religious face-coverings. The party has recently changed its name from Pauline Hanson One Nation to just One Nation.
