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Senator Pauline Hanson forces Senate suspension after burqa protest

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The Prime Minister has arrived back from the G20 summit to a fiery final sitting week of the year in Canberra. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has thrown the Senate into chaos and forced the suspension of the upper house after she wore a face covering into the parliament. Her protest after failing to get permission to introduce a bill to ban the burqa and face coverings, has been condemned by senators across the political spectrum.
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