Penny Wong says there have been multiple instances where Thorpe made ‘inappropriate and sometimes abusive comments’ towards other senators

Lidia Thorpe has been suspended from the Senate under an arcane and little-used rule of the chamber for making “inappropriate and sometimes abusive comments”, after she appeared to throw paper at Pauline Hanson during a tense parliamentary debate on Wednesday.

Government Senate leader Penny Wong moved for Thorpe to be suspended from the Senate from Wednesday night until the end of Thursday – the last scheduled sitting day of the year. The vote passed 46-11, with only the Greens opposing the motion, which was supported by Labor, the Coalition, One Nation, Ralph Babet, Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock.

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