Government's Multicultural Affairs spokeswoman criticises 'distracting' burqa focus

By Latika Bourke
Updated October 2 2014 - 8:13am, first published October 1 2014 - 5:58pm
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells with Adnan Issa and Taniqa Khoury at Hannans Road Public School. Photo: Chris Lane
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells with Adnan Issa and Taniqa Khoury at Hannans Road Public School. Photo: Chris Lane
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells with Adnan Issa and Taniqa Khoury at Hannans Road Public School. Photo: Chris Lane
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells with Adnan Issa and Taniqa Khoury at Hannans Road Public School. Photo: Chris Lane
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells with Adnan Issa and Taniqa Khoury at Hannans Road Public School. Photo: Chris Lane
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells with Adnan Issa and Taniqa Khoury at Hannans Road Public School. Photo: Chris Lane

The government's spokeswoman on Multicultural Affairs says the burqa debate has become a "distraction" from the real debate we should be having on the terror threat, but has also lamented that Muslim women are being targeted over what they wear.

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