Overview
- One Nation leader Pauline Hanson attempted to present a bill to ban full‑face veils nationwide but was initially blocked by other senators.
- She then returned to the Senate wearing a burqa and refused to remove it despite objections from the chair and multiple senators.
- Foreign Minister Penny Wong moved to suspend Hanson for the remainder of the sitting, and the Senate president suspended proceedings.
- Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters called the act racist and dangerous, while Penny Wong described it as disrespectful.
- The stunt revisits Hanson's 2017 burqa provocation and comes as polls place One Nation’s support near 18 percent in November reporting.