Melbourne, May 24: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday promised to look into allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work places and also while riding a motorcycle.

"We will work with your community to help make

the necessary changes requested on cultural and religious grounds," Gillard assured Australian Sikh Association members in a closed door meeting at a Gurdwara in Glenwood, a suburb of Sydney.

The Association members also asked her to look into allowing Sikhs to wear their six-inch sword into government departments on official functions and to introduce a school policy differentiating Sikh children from other religion.

The Australian Prime Minister promised to look into allowing Sikhs to wear turbans at work places and also while riding a motorcycle.

Gurdwara Trustee spokesman Balvinder Singh Chahal said countries like Britain and Canada had already allowed Sikh civil engineers and workers to wear their turbans instead of hard hats at work sites and while riding motor cycles.