Anti-immigrant Australian senator causes uproar by wearing burka in Parliament

An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from politicians by wearing a burka in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers.

Pauline Hanson, leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, sat wearing the black head-to-ankle garment for more than 10 minutes before taking it off as she rose to explain she wanted such outfits banned on national security grounds.