Australian Senate formally denounces Fraser Anning for anti-Muslim remarks

The widely-condemned Australian senator Fraser Anning was formally censured by the Australian Senate for placing the blame of the Christchurch attacks on the migration of Muslims.

The far-right independent had expressed his contentious views at the day of the mosque shooting in New Zealand subsequently sparking an outrage which now reached the Australian Senate where he was formally censured with a Greens notion to suspend him.

However, the suspension could not be done as Senate president Scott Ryan reminded the chamber that in order to suspend a senator, they need to have engaged in ‘disorderly conduct’ inside the chamber while Anning’s remarks were made outside of it.

The notion was nonetheless backed by all with the exception of one senator –Cory Bernardi, while two others abstained.

Anning had stated earlier: “The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program that allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place."