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‘Please Explain’: Coalition Attacks Pauline Hanson’s Use of Expenses for Racism Case
Pauline Hanson protested the Senate's rejection of her ban on full-face coverings by wearing a burqa, a move condemned by Muslim senators and governing party leaders.
- On Monday, Pauline Hanson entered the Australian Senate chamber wearing a burqa, minutes after the government refused her leave to table a bill to ban full-face coverings.
- Pauline Hanson has long relied on publicity stunts to win attention, routinely demonising groups and playing the race card, a pattern starting with Aboriginal people and targeting brown-skinned immigrants.
- The Senate censured Pauline Hanson and suspended her for seven days after the censure motion passed 55 votes for and five against, with Hanson and three other One Nation senators opposing.
- Critics from across parties said the act 'fuels racism' and condemned it, while opponents like Amanda Rishworth and Tania Plibersek warned it risks bullying and dismissed it as 'shenanigans' and 'disappointing behaviour.'
- Commentators say the stunt fits a global rise in shock-jock populism as One Nation's polling has surged to 12 per cent, boosting Pauline Hanson's influence.
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Pauline Hanson, an Australian senator from the Anti-Immigration Party One Nation, sat in the Chamber on Monday in a burqa, an act designated as "racist" and "disrespectful" by other parliamentarians.
Australia’s far-right burqa stunt shows shock-jock politics is on the rise
On Monday Pauline Hanson, leader of Australia’s One Nation Party, walked into her parliament wearing a burqa. I don’t know what’s worse, says Michael Day, that this kind of grossly offensive stunt is part of a burgeoning playbook — or that it works
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right2Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources lean Left
57% Left
L 57%
14%
R 29%
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