The nation’s upper house is making governing impossible. Take a bow, Lidia Thorpe.
The moment when many politicians finally gave up on Lidia Thorpe came a few days before the Senate’s most outrageouslaunched the tirade that got her suspended from the upper house on the final, exhausting day of federal parliament for the year.
So the cheap stunts of this week, with Thorpe dialling up the outrage day by day to make herself the story, created a televised drama that told voters the story of a dysfunctional parliament that was utterly out of touch with ordinary Australians. And the story of a government that took too long to deliver on its promises – and had to resort to a chaotic rush to get results before deadline.More on the chaos later. First, the dilemma over Thorpe.
“You’re not just vindictive, mean, nasty. You bring disgrace to the human race,” Payman told Hanson in the Senate. “I kept on giving you the benefit of the doubt, Senator Hanson, despite your repetitive attempts to be racist to anyone who does not look like you.” Payman called out the racism that has been at the heart of One Nation’s campaigns for so long.
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