The maverick independent hit back at reports she missed a third of sitting days, saying the assault was so severe she required spinal surgery.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has defended missing more than a third of sitting days and participating in less than half the formal votes since the last election as she revealed she was assaulted earlier this year and had to have surgery.
“I was ordered by the doctor not to travel and could not attend parliament after I sustained the injury and during recovery from surgery. My doctor told me to take time off work.” Thorpe also said she was forced to live out of home for several months after she was sent a video in October last year of a neo-Nazi burning the Aboriginal flag and threatening her.
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