Pauline Hanson donned a black burka as she sought to push for a ban on the garment.

Australia’s Parliament descended into turmoil Monday after right-wing populist Sen. Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a burqa, triggering outrage from Muslim lawmakers and forcing proceedings ...

An Australian senator campaigning for a national burqa ban was suspended Tuesday from parliament for the rest of the year after wearing the garment in the chamber. Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old ...

MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Labor government, fighting for a second term in office at a knife-edge August 21 election, narrowly leads the conservative opposition with five days to go before ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrated 50 years of independence on Tuesday.

Pauline Hanson, the head of the far-right One Nation party, wore the garment as a prop to push legislation to bar it in public places. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia Australia’s ...