Sydney — A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country's parliament, in a display that other lawmakers condemned as racist, unsafe and disrespectful.

Pauline Hanson of the anti-immigration One Nation party was seeking to introduce a bill in the Senate that would ban full face coverings in Australia — a policy she has campaigned on for decades.

Just minutes after other lawmakers blocked her from introducing that bill, she returned wearing a black burqa and sat down.

Her display was meet by outrage from her fellow senators.

Australian Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters said the move was "the middle finger to people of faith."

"It is extremely racist and unsafe," Waters added.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who also serves as l

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