Penny Wong says there have been multiple instances where Thorpe made ‘inappropriate and sometimes abusive comments’ towards other senators
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Lidia Thorpe has been suspended from the Senate under an arcane and little-used rule of the chamber for making “inappropriate and sometimes abusive comments”, after she appeared to throw paper at Pauline Hanson during a tense parliamentary debate on Wednesday.
Government Senate leader Penny Wong moved for Thorpe to be suspended from the Senate from Wednesday night until the end of Thursday – the last scheduled sitting day of the year. The vote passed 46-11, with only the Greens opposing the motion, which was supported by Labor, the Coalition, One Nation, Ralph Babet, Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock.
