A message from the Department of Parliamentary Services says while screening policies are under review it is "prudent to implement an additional layer of security controls".
"Persons with facial coverings entering the galleries of the House of Representatives and Senate will be seated in the enclosed galleries," the statement says.
"This will ensure that persons with facial coverings can continue to enter the Chamber galleries, without needing to be identifiable."
Two separate broader reviews into who can be issued passes and whether the burqa should be banned outright in the building are still taking place and the presiding officers could still decide to extend restrictions on wearing the burqa into the building.
Senator Parry said the changes were an "interim" and "management" measure.
"One of the key reasons for this is if there is an incident or someone is interjecting from the gallery, which as senators would know happens from time to time, need to be identified quickly and easily so they can be removed for that interjection," he told the Senate.
The President said it was always important that people interjecting weren't allowed back into the building "in disguise" if they had been booted out.
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