Pauline Hanson has been censured by the Senate after her burqa stunt on Tuesday , suspended from the chamber for seven days for refusing to apologise, and will be barred from representing the parliament in overseas delegations.

In an overwhelming show of opposition to the repeat of her 2017 stunt, members of Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and crossbench voted for the censure motion. Only Hanson, her three fellow One Nation senators, and United Australia senator Ralph Babet opposed it.

The Senate voted 55 to five to censure Hanson for her burqa stunt. The motion, as agreed by the Senate, states that Hanson’s actions were “intended to vilify and mock people on the basis of their religion” and were “disrespectful to Muslim Australians”.

The motion went on to condemn Hanson for disrespe

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