Is Australia's far-right creeping into the mainstream?

In Depth: How One Nation became the face of Australian Islamophobia

Muslim woman mural Sydney
A mural of a Muslim woman in Sydney
(Image credit: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty)

Australia's nationalist movement was thrown into the international spotlight last week when a far-right senator wore a burka in parliament and called for a ban on the Islamic garment.

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