SYDNEY: Australia`s Senate on Monday censured far-right lawmaker Pauline Hanson over `inflammatory and divisive` comments she made about Muslim people during a discussion about the possible return of Australian relatives of Islamic State fighters from Syria.

`They hate Westerners, and that`s what it`s all about. You say there`s great Muslims out there, well I`m sorry, how can you tell me there are good Muslims?` Hanson said in an interview with Sky News in February.

Penny Wong, leader ofAustralia`s centre-left Labor government in the Senate, moved the censure motion against Hanson, who leads the anti-immigration One Nation party.

The motion called on the Senate to censure Hanson for her `inflammatory and divisive comments seeking to vilify Muslim Australians, which do not reflect the opinions of the Australian Senate or the Australian people`.

It passed with the support of the minor Greens party and two senators from the conservative Liberal party who crossed the floor.-Reuters