Pauline Hanson suspended from Senate over burqa stunt as Mehreen Faruqi says parliament ‘drips in racism’
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#71Q5H)
One Nation leader suspended for seven days after members of Labor, Greens and crossbench vote to censure
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Pauline Hanson has been censured by the Senate after her burqa stunt on Tuesday, suspended from the chamber for seven days for refusing to apologise and will be barred from representing the parliament in overseas delegations.
In an overwhelming show of opposition to the repeat of her 2017 stunt, members of Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and crossbench voted for the censure motion. Only Hanson, her three fellow One Nation senators, and United Australia senator Ralph Babet opposed it.
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