Chaotic scenes have erupted outside Parliament House with footage surfacing of Senator Lidia Thorpe being tackled by police and then crawling across wet grass following a counter-protest against the Let Women Speak rally in Canberra.
Footage of the chaotic scenes surfaced after Ms Thorpe took part in a counter-protest during activist Kellie Jay Keen’s speech at her Let Women Speak event in Canberra.
The controversial Senator was seen taken down by police with an aboriginal flag draped around her back before officers lost their grip.Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been stopped by police from Kellie-Jay Keenâs speech, right in front of Pauline Hanson before joining the counter-rally via
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