Peta Credlin backs burqa ban in Federal Parliament

By James Massola, Latika Bourke
Updated October 1 2014 - 8:08pm, first published 9:34am
Pressure on PM to state his position: Peta Credlin says she is sympathetic to a burqa ban in Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Pressure on PM to state his position: Peta Credlin says she is sympathetic to a burqa ban in Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's most senior adviser, Peta Credlin, has told Liberal National MP George Christensen she is sympathetic to a burqa ban in Parliament House on security grounds, but warned him not to inflame community tensions while debating the head wear.