Senator Lidia Thorpe faces disciplinary actions from Labor and the Coalition after tearing up a motion by Pauline Hanson in the Senate chamber. The incident is seen as severe enough to warrant Thorpe's suspension for the remainder of the sitting week.
Labor and the Coalition are preparing to take disciplinary action against Senator Lidia Thorpe , after she ripped up a motion by Pauline Hanson on the chamber floor.
Sources in both parties told the ABC they considered the action serious enough to cross the threshold for action, likely to take the form of a suspension for the remainder of the sitting week.Senator Hanson's motion, which sought to question Fatima Payman's eligibility to sit in the Senate, was at the centre of rowdy scenes on Wednesday morning, prompting furious accusations of "vile" racism from Senator Payman.
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