Senator Pulled to the Ground by Police After Interfering in Women’s Rights Rally

Senator Pulled to the Ground by Police After Interfering in Women’s Rights Rally
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe (formerly of the Greens) crawls away after attempting to disrupt British women's rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, at a “Let Womaen Speak” rally against transgenders entering women's spaces outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on March 23, 2023. AAP Image/Michelle Haywood
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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe was pulled to the ground by a police officer after attempting to interrupt a women’s rights rally on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra.

In several videos posted online, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (also known as Posie Parker), the British women’s rights advocate behind the “Let Women Speak” rallies in Melbourne and Tasmania, was speaking in front of a crowd under a marquee in the rain.

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