Dear SteeleRedux,

There is no law that expects you to bare your breasts
in public in Tahiti, Hawaii or PNG, so your argument
does not quite wash.

The PM is not banning the wearing
of burqas as such - only that for security reasons they be
banned in Parliament House. Which again goes back to
our legislature and the laws that we are all expected
to abide by.

Burqas are not a common sight as only a minority of
Muslim women wear them - and if burqas can be removed when
ID is required for security reasons (they would have to
be done by another woman and not in the presence of men),
then I guess that would expunge the question of being a
"security risk." However, this subject I'm sure is not
settled as yet - and we have to wait and see what the
final decision will be.

The point being made is dthat there should be one law
that we are all expected to abide by in this country.
Changing laws to accommodate certain groups sets a
precedent that we seriously need to think about.
In my opinion at least.

Years ago when I got my first motorcycle I decided to bank my wages on the way home. I parked the bike nearby and entered the doors of the Bank only to be ushered out by security and told to remove my helmet. Yes they could see my eyes and hands but security required no face coverings. Why? It is a matter of security, try wearing a helmet and all weather coat into Parliament house and you will get the same security guards ushering you out.

Can somebody please inform me of the number of "terrorist offences" committed by burqa clad Muslim women in the entire history of Australia?

Please list all the offences, naming names.

I bet you can't name ONE.

CASE CLOSED.

Foxy,

"The PM is not banning the wearing
of burqas as such - only that for security reasons they be
banned in Parliament House."

Explain to me why, if a woman wearing a burqa or nikab is cleared by security to enter Parliament House, she should be forcibly segregated behind a glass barrier?

"...Which again goes back to
our legislature and the laws that we are all expected
to abide by."

It is not a "law" It is an "interim rule" which was cooked up by the govt and "approved" by Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry.

"The PM is not banning the wearing
of burqas as such..."

Oh my, how big of him!

You do see what he/they are doing - do you not?

Continuing the vilification of a certain section of society and doing their damnedest to destabilise and cause division.

Look at what they've managed to achieve in the mere space of a few weeks.

Unbelievable!

Whoa!

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-kills-off-parliament-house-burqa-ban-20141002-10pjoh.html

"Prime Minister Tony Abbott will kill off a plan proposed by Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry that would require women wearing head coverings like burqas to be separated from the public and forced to sit with schoolchildren in a glassed-off area of federal Parliament's public galleries.

The move comes just hours after the Parliament's presiding officers announced the security measures on Thursday

In an embarrassing back-down for the government, Fairfax Media has learnt Mr Abbott will ask Ms Bishop and Senator Pary to reconsider the proposal after an extraordinary backlash."

Okay...so Abbott doesn't like the smell of the backlash - so he's canned it.

(Sucked in Credlin and BBishop and the rest of the tribe)

May May,

There has never been one case, and there won't be, now.