Australian Senator Suspended Until 2025 After Wearing Burqa in Parliament Protest

Nov 25, 2025 10:29 pm CST

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson has been suspended from Parliament until February 2025 after wearing a burqa during a Senate session to protest against the rejection of her bill to ban full-face coverings in public spaces. The controversial stunt, which senators condemned as mocking and vilifying Muslims, resulted in one of the harshest penalties against a senator in recent decades. This marks Hanson's second burqa-related protest, following a similar incident in 2017 that went unpunished.