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Australian senator Pauline Hanson suspended for wearing burqa in parliament

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson has been barred from Parliament for seven sitting days after entering the Senate wearing a burqa in protest against colleagues who refused to consider her bill to ban the garment nationwide.

The One Nation leader was suspended on Monday and formally censured on Tuesday after declining to apologise for what lawmakers described as a disrespectful stunt.

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