"I don't give a damn about (the) censure motion. In fact, I'm going to use it for kindling later on in the week."
Thorpe, a proud Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman, was condemned by the upper house this morning for her "disrespectful and disruptive" actions, but the independent senator said the motion wouldn't deter her from future protests.
She later ripped up a copy of the motion, saying "I don't give a damn about censure motion. In fact, I'm going to use it for kindling later on in the week". She also called for the king to "give us a treaty", and said "f--- the colony" as she was escorted out of the Great Hall.United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet was also censured this morning, in his case for "inflammatory use of hate speech, designed to drive division for his own political benefit".
The reprimand came after Babet used racist and other discriminatory language in a number of posts on X last week.Senior opposition senator Simon Birmingham labelled Babet's comments "repugnant abhorrent", while Foreign Minister Penny Wong said they were "frankly hateful about our fellow Australians".
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