This follows the case of a Muslim woman who lied about a police officer being racist and trying to rip off her tent, and then went to a police station and made a signed statement to the effect of that lie; she was found not guilty of making a false statement because the judge said the tent made it impossible to prove that she made the statement.
The NSW Government this week said it would draw up legislation allowing police to ask any person stopped during routine vehicle checks to remove burqas, niqabs or other head and face coverings at the roadside to verify their identities.
The move follows a Sydney judge's decision last week to quash a six-month jail sentence given to a burqa-wearing mother of seven, Carnita Matthews.
Mrs Matthews had been found guilty of falsely accusing Sen-Constable Paul Fogarty of forcibly trying to remove her burqa when she was pulled over while driving in June last year.
Anyone refusing to obey the law may face up to a year's jail under NSW legislation. Western Australia yesterday indicated it would adopt similar laws.
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Best law Australia has ever passed. Cue liberal outrage.
