Pauline Hanson turns up to Parliament in full burqa

http://www.news.com.au/national/pauline-hanson-turns-up-to-parliament-in-full-burqa/news-story/c04fe220ba1722f63fe9e321c7cd50f8

ONE Nation leader Pauline Hanson has turned up to Parliament wearing a full burqa.

Pictures from the Senate on Thursday afternoon show Ms Hanson calmly taking her place in the chamber wearing the full body covering.

The noted critic of Islam reportedly identified herself to security before entering the chamber.

Gasps of “what on earth?” could be heard from the Senate as she sat down. Lawyer General George Brandis looked bemused by the spectacle.

In a statement on her Facebook page the Senator she had attended Question Time “dressed modestly in a full burqa” and will later deliver a speech calling for the Government to ban full face coverings in public.

“Senator Hanson said that she believed that full face covering, such as the burqa, were oppressive, presented barriers to assimilation, disadvantaged women from finding employment, were causing issues inside our justice system, presented a clear security threat and had no place in modern Western society,” the statement read.

The stunt comes just days after the Trump administration called out Hanson for her anti-Muslim rhetoric.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson introduced his department’s annual report on global religious freedom.

Tillerson reserved his deepest criticism for the terrorists of Islamic State.

But turn to the page on religious freedom in Australia and it’s Pauline Hanson’s One Nation that gets the most focus.

The 2016 International Religious Freedom Report noted the election of four One Nation senators and that their campaign platform included “ceasing Muslim immigration, holding a royal commission on Islam, halting construction of mosques, installing surveillance cameras in mosques, banning wearing of the burqa and niqab in public places, and prohibiting members of parliament from being sworn in under the Koran.”

The report turned to Ms Hanson in particular.

“In her first senate speech, One Nation Party Leader Pauline Hanson said the country was ‘in danger of being swamped by Muslims.’”
It contrasted Hanson’s speech with that of the PM. “Malcolm Turnbull disagreed with her views and said ‘my commitment is to an inclusive multicultural society which is based on mutual respect. The more we respect each other the more secure we become,’” the report added.

The stunt comes just days after the Trump administration called out Hanson for her anti-Muslim rhetoric.


How far gone do you have to be to be called on anti-Muslim rhetoric by that lot?

What's wrong with Pauline wearing a burqa? Aren't we allowed to wear whatever we want?

Mr Hammer wrote on Aug 17^th, 2017 at 3:15pm:



and tomorrow's stunt in a Nazi outfit.

____ wrote on Aug 17^th, 2017 at 3:26pm:
I'd love to see that. That would be a gas!!

Barnaby might turn up to parliament as an Australian next

Aussie wrote on Aug 17^th, 2017 at 3:30pm:
Pointing out the security issues with having a burqa wearer in sensitive places is a very valid point.

Mr Hammer wrote on Aug 17^th, 2017 at 3:35pm:


there were no security issues, security knew who she was at all times