A conservative Jewish group in Australia on Monday lauded a lawmaker who got a weeklong suspension from parliament for wearing a burqa there to protest her failure to introduce a bill to ban the Muslim clothing item.

“Thank you for always standing with our community,” the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) wrote on X, addressing Senator Pauline Hanson of the right-wing One Nation Party.

After other lawmakers blocked her from introducing the bill on Monday, Hanson left the session and returned wearing a black burqa over her knee-length dress. Her stockinged legs and high heels were visible as she walked over to her seat, provoking angry reactions from some of her colleagues and amused ones from others.

The AJA’s post on X featured a picture of the group’s CEO, Robert Gregory, and

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