Politics latest: 'Get used to truth-telling', says Lidia Thorpe, as she vows to serve out her senate term
After calls from Peter Dutton to resign and threats of a censure motion, rogue senator Lidia Thorpe doubled down on her attack on King Charles and insisted she'd remain in the senate for three more years.
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‘Moron’: Brits shocked at ‘rabid’ Thorpe’s protest
Britons couldn’t believe Lidia Thorpe’s behaviour in front of the King and Queen, with many appalled someone so ‘disrespectful’ is a parliamentarian.
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Australia strikes $7bn US deal to bolster missile, air defence
The agreement unveiled by Pat Conroy in Washington will revolutionise Australia’s defence system to counter China’s recent investments in anti-ship ballistic missile technologies.
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