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Lidia Thorpe’s ability to bring chaos to the usually genteel Senate is unmatched.

Appetite for disruption: We’ve got to talk about Lidia Thorpe

The independent senator’s week of agitation ended with her being booted from a Senate fed up with her antics. Can she come back?

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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe protests inside the Marble Foyer at Parliament House on Thursday.

The Senate is a circus and this senator is its clowning glory

The nation’s upper house is making governing impossible. Take a bow, Lidia Thorpe.

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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe in the halls of Parliament House this morning.

It’s always been risky to bellow from the press gallery, Lidia

The last time anyone shouted from the press gallery, an abject apology was required to save the offender from trial by parliament. What now for Lidia Thorpe?

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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe outside Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

Lidia Thorpe grandstands from press gallery after Senate suspension

Thorpe is suspended from the Senate chamber on Thursday, but is at Parliament House and her behaviour has prompted a large security response.

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