By Renju Jose

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Senate on Tuesday suspended far-right Senator Pauline Hanson for seven sitting days after she wore a burqa to Parliament as a political prop in her campaign to ban the Muslim garment in public, triggering condemnation from lawmakers.

Hanson wore the burqa in the upper house on Monday after she was denied permission to introduce a bill banning burqas and other face coverings in public spaces. Her action quickly drew accusations of racism from Muslim lawmakers.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who leads the centre-left Labor government in the Senate, said: “Senator Hanson’s hateful and shallow pageantry tears at our social fabric and I believe it makes Australia weaker, and it also has cruel consequences for many of our most vulnerable”.

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