PAULINE Hanson has entered the Senate wearing a burqa.

The One Nation leader took her seat during question time wearing the full-face black garment. Senate President Stephen Parry said Senator Hanson's identity had been confirmed before she entered the chamber.

In an “appalling” stunt ahead of moving a motion about violent extremism she will put to the Senate about 4.30pm, the One Nation Leader asked Attorney-General George Brandis if the Government would ban full face coverings in public.

“In light of the national security of this nation, will you work to ban the burqa in Australia,” she asked.

Senator Brandis replied: “No”.

After using a supplementary question to argue the burqa poses a national security risk, Senator Hanson left with the religious garment in her hand.

After using a supplementary question to argue the burqa poses a national security risk, Senator Hanson left with the religious garment in her hand.

Senator Brandis received a rare standing ovation from Labor and the Greens after he condemned Senator Hanson’s “ridiculing” of the Muslim community.

“To ridicule that community to drive them into a corner, and to mock its religious garments, is an appalling thing to do and I would ask you to reflect on what you’ve done,” Senator Brandis told the Senate.

“I caution you and council you, Senator Hanson, with respect, to be very, very careful of the offence you may cause to the religious sensibilities of other Australians of the Islamic faith.

“And the vast majority of them are good, law-abiding Australians.”

Opposition Leader in the Senate Penny Wong described the act as a “stunt”.

“It is one thing to wear religious dress as a sincere act of faith, it is another to wear it as a stunt here in the Senate chamber,” Senator Wong said.

Following her appearance in the Senate, Ms Hanson released a statement saying she attended question time dressed "modestly" in a full burqa and would later be delivering a speech in Parliament calling for the Government to ban full face coverings in public.

She said she made the decision to attend question time in a full face covering because she believed the need to ban full face coverings in public was "an important issue facing modern Australia that needed to be discussed."

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She said she thought the burqa was "oppressive, presented barriers to assimilation, disadvantaged women from finding employment" and caused "issues in our justice system" and had "no place in Western society".

The stunt has drawn anger from the opposition benches, with crossbencher Derryn Hinch questioning whether Senator Hanson could remain in the chamber.

"I understand that she is not a Muslim, not of Islamic faith. Can I appear tomorrow in fancy dress unchallenged?" he asked the president.

Senator Parry said he was not going to dictate the standard of dress for senators.

Senator Hanson will move a motion in parliament on Thursday, to be debated in the afternoon, calling on the federal government to ban the burqa.

Independent senator Cory Bernardi also weighed in on the stunt."I did warn you that proroguing the parliament was in national interest. Things are getting seriously weirder by the day," he posted to Twitter.