Coalition frontbenchers at odds over religious freedom debate

By Fergus Hunter
Updated August 21 2017 - 10:38am, first published 10:17am
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis repudiates Senator Pauline Hanson for wearing burqa during question time at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Andrew Meares
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis repudiates Senator Pauline Hanson for wearing burqa during question time at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Andrew Meares

Turnbull government frontbenchers are publicly disagreeing with George Brandis after the Attorney-General rejected conservative arguments against same-sex marriage and said he would not be "tricked" into debating wider issues of religious freedom.