Politics latest: Teals 'biggest nimbys in town', Thorpe 'breached oath to Crown', says senator
Coalition senate leader Bridget McKenzie turned both barrels on independent MPs, calling for a 'constitutional' probe into Lidia Thorpe's outburst, while accusing the teals of hypocrisy and rank nimbyism on the housing crisis.
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