'Burka ban' - not parliament's finest hour | Stop xenophobia | Scoop.it
From www.bbc.com - October 20, 2014 5:30 PM

After a year in Australia, I've never actually seen anyone wearing a burka, the traditional Afghan outfit which covers a woman head to toe, with a small meshed window for the eyes to peer out of.

 

So news earlier this month that parliament was introducing what the media branded a "burka ban" was something of a surprise.