Lidia Thorpe
Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle avoids deportation after proving Indigenous heritage
Dean Martin, a former Rebels bikie president who was once in a relationship with ex-Greens senator Lidia Thorpe, has been released from immigration detention.
- by Hannah Kennelly
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Parliamentary inquiry called into dangers of ‘forever chemicals’
For years, cancer-linked substances have contaminated Australian homes, products and drinking water. Now a new inquiry is promising answers.
- by Carrie Fellner
‘Payman is correct’: Senators call for parliament staff overhaul
Crossbench senators who would not usually agree on anything are united. They want the prime minister stripped of the power to decide MPs’ staffing levels.
- by Matthew Knott
Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle to be deported
Dean Martin – a former Rebels president who was once in a relationship with Senator Lidia Thorpe – is to be sent to New Zealand after his visa was cancelled on character grounds.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Paul Sakkal and David Marin-Guzman
Payman furore to come to a head as Albanese suggests exit
It’s understood Fatima Payman intends to make a statement about her future on Thursday and announce a formal split from Labor.
- by Angus Thompson, Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Labor MP considers legal action over Lidia Thorpe social media post
Marion Scrymgour accused Thorpe of using parliamentary privilege to attack other Aboriginal women she perceived as her political foes.
- by Angus Thompson
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor state conference
About 200 pro-Palestine protesters chanted slogans as they lashed the Labor Party and the prime minister for their stance on Gaza.
- by Rachel Eddie and Ashleigh McMillan
Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’: Lidia Thorpe
‘Whatever, let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas, but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.
- by Olivia Ireland
Shut it down: Lidia Thorpe at centre of Senate chaos
Thorpe railed against fellow senators and interrupted other speakers in a bid to make a speech about an Indigenous mother and son, prompting the Senate to shut down early.
- by David Crowe and Angus Thompson
Lidia Thorpe's furious Senate outburst
The Senate shut down early on Tuesday night, after Seantor Lidia Thorpe refused to stop speaking.
The after-hours phone call that gave workers the right to disconnect
Senator Barbara Pocock retreated to her parliamentary office in Canberra for a critical meeting with fellow kingmaker David Pocock last week. The mood was tense.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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