Canberra Aug 17 (IANS) Australian far-right leader Pauline Hanson on Thursday wore a burqa to the Senate in behalf of her One Nation party s efforts to ban the garment in the country the media reported.
In a statement Hanson said "the need to ban full face coverings in public was an important issue facing modern Australia".
Attorney-General George Brandis condemned Hanson s stunt and "counselled and cautioned" her against causing offence to religious groups reports the BBC.
Brandis received a standing applause from opposition parties.
"No Senator Hanson we will not ban the burqa " he said.
Hanson s motion to ban the burqa will be debated in the Senate later on Thursday.
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