It is Hanson’s second censure within four months, this time over comments questioning whether there were good Muslims
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Pauline Hanson has been censured again by the federal Senate, with two Liberal senators crossing the floor to support a motion calling out the One Nation leader’s “inflammatory and divisive” recent comments about Australian Muslims.
Hanson branded the motion – her second censure within four months, following her stunt in wearing a hijab in the parliament last year – as a “joke”, theatrically slapping herself on the wrist before storming out of the chamber before the final vote. The Greens and much of the crossbench backed Labor’s censure motion, while the Coalition resolved to oppose it, saying censures should be reserved for the most serious conduct.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/02/pauline-hanson-expected-censure-motion-senate-australian-muslim-comments-ntwnfb
Author : Josh Butler
Publish date : 2026-03-02 06:00:00
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