Journalist kicked out of parliament for 'showing too much skin'

A female journalist has alleged she was kicked out of question time in parliament for showing too much skin.

ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas tweeted about the incident on Monday afternoon.

“I have just been kicked out of #QT because you can allegedly see too much skin,” she tweeted.

Ms Karvelas posted a photograph of herself wearing a short-sleeved white “pant suit” with lace detailing.

“I politely put my case that these are short sleeves,” she wrote on Twitter.

“I left when the attendant insisted.

“I think the rule is out of step with contemporary standards.”

Ms Karvelas spoke to the ABC on Monday night and said that she was asked to leave by a female attendant in parliament for showing too much shoulder.

Journalists in the press gallery are expected to “maintain the standards of dress adopted by the majority of Senators and Members when attending in the chambers,” the rule states.

Appropriate attire in the House of Representatives “may include a shirt with collar, jacket and trousers for men, and a similar standard of formality for women.”

The incident has prompted much comment on Twitter, with Australian politicians weighing in.

Greens MP Adam Bandt commented on the post, saying that he unsuccessfully tried to have the dress code changed in March 2017.

“I tried to get this ridiculous ‘bare arms’ rule changed last year,” Mr Bandt posted.

Labor MP Tanya Plibersek joked about the incident.

“You would be OK in America,” she tweeted to Ms Karvelas on Monday.

“They have the second amendment. Your right to bare arms protected.”