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Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old far-right Australian Senator, faced backlash from lawmakers as she marched into the parliament wearing a burqa as part of her campaign to ban the Muslim garment in public. She was suspended for seven sitting days.

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson is barred from Parliament for wearing a burqa in protest, facing severe censure for disrespect.

MEBOURNE: An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing th

Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, was accused of performing a disrespectful stunt on Monday when she walked into the Senate shrouded in a head-to-ankle garment to protest fellow senators' refusal to consider her bill that would ban the burqa and other full-face coverings in public places.

Pauline Hanson was suspended from Parliament for seven sitting days after she wore burqa to press for a ban

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson donned a burqa in Parliament, sparking outrage and a temporary halt to proceedings. Her controversial move aimed to

Hanson entered the chamber dressed in the full-body covering shortly after she was denied permission to introduce a bill to ban burqas and other face-covering clothing in public. This marks the second time she has worn a burqa in Parliament.

Australian politics was thrown into turmoil after Senator Pauline Hanson walked into Parliament wearing a full burqa -- moments after being denied the chance to introduce her bill to ban full-face coverings nationwide.

This was the second time Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson used the garment in Parliament to press for a ban.

Far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa in Parliament to advocate for a public ban on the garment, facing accusations of racism from Muslim senators