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Senator Lidia Thorpe has been tackled to the ground by police on lawns opposite Parliament at a protest against transgender people.

On Wednesday night, the Senate passed a bill to amend Australia’s referendum machinery laws, ending a long and sometimes tense debate on the rules that will govern the Voice referendum later this year.

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has launched allegations of bullying at the Greens, following her shock exit from the party last month.

As well as saying she was being bullied by members of her former party the Greens, the senator alleges she was sexually harassed and assaulted by Labor and Coalition parliamentarians.

Federal politicians have been given 150 free tickets to sporting events, shows and hospitality since the 2019 election, and smoke from the Black Summer bushfires destroyed 5% of the ozone layer in 2020.

Independent senator says the no campaign has used her picture without consent; research says bushfires may have damaged ozone recovery

The bill would have seen asylum seekers brought to Australia as they await resettlement in third countries

Independent’s comments made in support of proposal to bring to Australia 150 refugees and asylum seekers held in PNG and Nauru

Former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe says she was advised by the party’s lawyers to say she had dated ex-bikie boss Dean Martin even though she hadn’t, and taxpayers paid for secret polling about what they thought of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and his pandemic lockdown efforts.