“It is a very, very, very small minority of ladies who put on a burqa,” she mentioned on Tuesday afternoon.

Multicultural Minister Anne Aly says Australian ladies must be afforded “bodily autonomy”. Supply: AAP / Mick Tsikas
“You understand, most Muslim ladies who select to cowl put on a hijab, after which there may be a number of ladies like me who select to not cowl. The vital factor is alternative.”
She mentioned, ladies “must be allowed and afforded the bodily autonomy to put on what she needs to put on, whether or not that is a bikini or a burka”.

Senators interjected within the chamber as Pauline Hanson strode in carrying the full-body overlaying. Supply: AAP / Mick Tsikas
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