‘It is not something my government would support or propose,’ the conservative Prime Minister told 3AW Radio in Melbourne.
On Tuesday, Pauline Hanson, the leader of Australia's anti-Islam party One Nation, wrote on Facebook she would push for a similar law to Merkel's proposal to be introduced to the parliament next year.
‘I honestly don't see how anyone on either side of the house would disagree with this law coming into effect,’ Hanson said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a burqa ban on Monday at her conservative Christian Democrats' (CDU) party conference.
‘The full veil must be banned wherever that is legally possible,’ she said.
The CDU's move to forge a more hardline approach to refugees came in the wake of a string of state election successes by the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD).
‘Obviously what you're seeing in Europe is the consequences of uncontrolled, irregular migration,’ Turnbull said in comments published by The Australian newspaper.
‘The Europeans regrettably lost control of their borders,’ Turnbull said, adding that European leaders spoke with him recently about the threat posed to their societies by ‘large-scale irregular migration.’ ‘That is why it is vital for us to maintain the security and integrity of our borders,’ he said.
Australia currently maintains a stiff border policy of intercepting and turning back all boats carrying asylum seekers trying to reach its shores, with hundreds then forced to languish in offshore detention centres in Nauru and on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
