Senator Lidia Thorpe Suspended From Parliament

The senator will miss the final sitting day of 2024 on Thursday.

Senator Lidia Thorpe announces she is resigning from the Greens and moving to the cross bench at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 6, 2023. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has been suspended from Parliament after she threw pieces of paper at fellow Senator Pauline Hanson in the upper house as a row over racism erupted.

Labor Senate Leader Penny Wong moved the motion to oust Senator Thorpe until the end of Thursday, passing 46 votes to 11.