<p>Senators Pauline Hanson and Richard Di Natale went head-to-head in the Senate on Thursday, September 13, after Hanson attempted to introduce a petition targeting hijab and niqab wearers.</p><p>The petition, called motion 1048, asked the Senate to “acknowledge full-face coverings, such as burqas and niqabs, have no place in modern western society &, call on the Government to move to ban them in places where identification is necessary & security is an issue.”</p><p>It further recommended that Parliament ban “any form of full-face covering.” Both recommendations failed.</p><p>Hanson attempted to explain that the burqa and niqab were “not a religious requirement” but “a form of dress” and said that her recommendation was based on “security.”</p><p>Greens leader Di Natale said Hanson “should hang her head in shame” and called her a “disgrace.”</p><p>Last year, Hanson made headlines after wearing a burqa into the chamber</a>. Credit: ParlView via Storyful</p><br />
