A conservative Jewish group in Australia on Monday lauded a lawmaker who got a weeklong suspension from parliament for wearing a burqa there to protest her failure to introduce a bill to ban the Muslim clothing item.

“Thank you for always standing with our community,” the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) wrote on X, addressing Senator Pauline Hanson of the right-wing One Nation Party.

After other lawmakers blocked her from introducing the bill on Monday, Hanson left the session and returned wearing a black burqa over her knee-length dress. Her stockinged legs and high heels were visible as she walked over to her seat, provoking angry reactions from some of her colleagues and amused ones from others.