'I was shocked': Pauline Hanson addresses Lidia Thorpe’s sexual assault allegations

[@davegoldspink5354]

I’m still absolutely flabbergasted that Lidia Thorpe after all of her psychotic behaviour has been allowed to continue to sit as a member of parliament. Our whole electoral system really needs to be bought into question for allowing her to even be nominated as a candidate.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

The system is a complete mess - goodbye Australia of my youth.

[@nickbunt9967]

Spot on.

[@MaydayKeeper]

Can't be let go until her term finishes

[@davestuddert4392]

The system is a complete joke. Politicians do NOT live in the same world as their constituents. Rules of society don't apply to them. How can they possibly represent us???

[@nickozetti952]

Its actually really simple why she is still allowed to be a member of parliament. Her race and gender.

[@furiousfemale9966]

Lydia Thorpe is not fit for purpose. She needs to be removed.

[@markbeale7390]

And has achieved nothing???

[@bobburns7277]

She wants to be removed but NOT without a $3M payout!

[@actualfacts1055]

Thorpe is no longer a joke, she is a bloody menace.

[@rodaust1069]

She is an enemy of the state!

[@jayfielding1333]

Now two women have come forward with similar stories. Still blame Lydia?

[@cg558]

​@@whatdoesitallmean7515you think a liberal party senator is going to get money from this? Logic isn't your strong suit 😂

[@DEPORTER_SUPPORTER]

@@cg558 is that you Lidia?

[@jayfielding1333]

@@whatdoesitallmean7515 Amanda stoker is doing this for money? Don't be an idiot.

[@honkytonk25]

Lidia Thorp has to be carefully disciplined and dismissed from federal parliament,FULL STOP!

[@davegoldspink5354]

Totally agree with you on dismissing her from federal parliament but based on her history and antics I got a feeling she’d enjoy being disciplined 😂🤣😂

[@bobburns7277]

She wants to be removed but NOT without a $3M payout!

[@davegoldspink5354]

@@bobburns7277 😂🤣😂 I’d give her a payout 3 million in 3 dollars notes.

[@greenlamp9219]

what about the senator who allegedly abused her?

[@davegoldspink5354]

@@greenlamp9219 apparently Van has checked history of improper behaviour and has already been removed from the party room (whatever that means) and he’s even facing expulsion from the Liberal Party and rightly so. Think if the allegations are true he should not only get jail he should get time in a nuthouse for even thinking about going anywhere never all that crazy.

[@pommiebears]

Withdrawn her comments? And she allowed to continue in the senate? She falsely accused a man of sexual assault!! It’s disgraceful.

[@sallycent6598]

Unfortunately it is happening a lot these days to destroy good men and their future with the media help.

[@tony-bi1hj]

How could anyone in there right mind sexualy assault this brain dead thing. She's living in Noddy land wishing this could happen.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@tony-bi1hj It was a Lib she threw the false accusation at. Not exactly great role models. *LATER EDIT* Now it looks like I could have made a stuipid assumption. Good thing I'm on Sky. Stupid assumptions is the norm.

[@infidel202]

​@@nevillewran4083 is bowen your idol 😂

[@nevillewran4083]

@@infidel202 More a Gough idolator. Bowen writes good books. Did you ever buy new teabags?

[@simonrb1942]

These 'politicians' are an absolute joke. Its embarrassing for Australia.

[@bobburns7277]

Higgins has opened their eyes, there are more lucrative ways to retire with a $3M golden handshake!

[@benjijarman]

Could be worse. (See USA)

[@simonrb1942]

@@benjijarman i have to disagree. Atleast in the US the politicians pretend to be intelligent and eloquent with some leadership. Australia its just joe-bloggs off the street.

[@benjijarman]

@@simonrb1942 Are you joking? Plus, why are so many conservative politicians sex pests? Speaking of the US, look into how many paedophiles there have been in that movement. It's all projection.

[@Bazzacrocker1234]

The fact she is still allowed to sit in the senate is only proof our country is circling the drain

[@davegoldspink5354]

Very well put mate. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@soloist777]

Yes, I agree with u completely! Past time Hanson was gone.

[@bobburns7277]

It's all staged, we are in the degenerate stage!

[@jayfielding1333]

Even now there are two other women who have come forward?

[@MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt]

And the people do nothing. Just talk. Great democracy design lol

[@leighmurrell5494]

The loose Lid is rattling loudly again. Best thing for the NO Vote that can happen.

[@alanwatterson2850]

What sort of a clown wouldn't know that she supports the No vote. Go right ahead and vote anti-Lidia, is it No or Yes. Have I actually thought about it. No.

[@rmw250]

Vote NO or you'll get more like her.

[@DanielDavis-kl5cl]

Mandatory voting is un-democratic

[@funkyguy99]

Loose Lid clearly has loose lips! 😂

[@nevillewran4083]

Lidia is favouring No.

[@westralianoffroad]

She’s absolutely unhinged. She needs to go.

[@paulhenner8914]

And UGLY !

[@camt8804]

Looks like she was right. Dutton kicked this guy out of the Liberal party for it.

[@petercrisp8314]

@Cam T nah she wasn't

[@camt8804]

@@petercrisp8314 Dutton wouldn't have kicked him out if he wasn't dodgy.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@camt8804 Not out of the p[arty. Out of the party room.

[@stephenanthony8711]

thorpe's strip club fiasco has destroyed any credibility she could entertain .

[@gretavains8707]

Also before that. Gay Mardi gras😂 vote NO😂🇭🇲

[@johncrow5552]

I thought her crawling along on the grass was the point?

[@Parawingdelta2]

You can accuse someone of sexual assault but not accuse someone of lying?

[@mckenziehellenann]

👍go figure !!

[@maryamadirie8722]

Which one is bigger??????

[@timagination1295]

Welcome to woke world!😮

[@colleenhardy340]

Yes very insane to say least.

[@johncrow5552]

We live in a matriarchy.

[@Hattie101]

How did Lidia EVER make it to Parliament. She’s dangerous

[@Eric-kn4yn]

Dont be naive mate

[@diannesmith2249]

Because of the fools who vote for the Greens.

[@nikitaw1982]

Karens vote.

[@AussieEvil88]

we all know exactly why, we just aren't allowed to say it.

[@jmdds]

not only her but all thes slimy greens garbage that should be banned from Australian politics.

[@lindsaymcpherson4744]

This man has obviously disagreed with Lydia at one time .

[@austiwollongongwolf]

That woman is a coward. She needs to make the allegations outside the Senate and see how that turns out for her. What a disgusting thing it is!😡🤬😡🤬😡

[@iankearns774]

Why should "lie" be unparliamentary language? They are politicians and it is second nature to them.

[@beneagleson3026]

I think it’s because the word lie implies that the speaker of the untruth has intent to deceive which may or may not be the case. Parliamentary privilege exists to allow for open and Frank debate countries where they don’t have the privilege have endless court cases to quell opposition I think an example is Singapore

[@deanpd3402]

It's too close to the bone for politicians.

[@lameas66]

Exactly it's part of the job isn't it

[@christianlewis7055]

Answered your own question.

[@gone547]

It's a given. As you should never call an ugly person 'ugly', you should never call a politician a 'liar'.

[@Koala63211]

Whether or not this really happened, because of Lidia's track record of crying wolf so many times, her credibility as a person of integrity remains in serious doubt.

[@lydia3098]

Bravo Pauline, you are so right about Higgins.

[@mercuryxyz7222]

Why ? Because she’s pro liberal Now I know how China and Russia deceive their people. Their media is all one sided. And here , so are the voters. They don’t vote for what’s right. They only agree with what their side of politics say

[@jenniferleisha8587]

Yes Pauline you are so right it about Higgins own agenda. She was so privileged she and her partner Sucked them all in. At the expense for those. Disgrace!! Why was she given $$million.

[@chadcadsonvii5258]

3 replies but I can't see! YT is a feminist company that protects false accusers!

[@mikewilliamson5093]

We need more people like senator Hanson who have common sense

[@dennisdobin8640]

One of the main reason there are less people like her in Parliament,common sense or lack of it.

[@Screenhandle]

It was Orwellian that she could accuse him of sexual assault but he could not say that's she is lying...

[@chrisdyson1566]

So Wong stands up to object to a man saying 'lie' in the senate, but makes no movement at all over cLamydia's statement? Go figure.

[@tlb2970]

Isn’t she just special 😮

[@annviolet4727]

Wong is more than likely afraid she herself will be called a liar!

[@annviolet4727]

@@whatdoesitallmean7515 Mean Wong doesn't like the word 'lie.' Wonder why that is?

[@peterlederer3896]

Why would she it suits the agenda remove apponents with false allegations in Parliament

[@TheOriginalZeppgirl]

😂 good one 👍

[@justice1902]

Higgins must pay the $3m back and she must be charged with corruption along with Galagher.

[@ACDZ123]

Lisa Wilkinson also

[@Min61449]

What corruption? She claims an assault, she claims her treatment post allegation was poor. She has accessed worker’s compensation as is the right of every worker. I don’t recall all this indignation when the Morrison Government paid Rachelle Miller half a million dollars of tax payer’s money. Morrison and Birmingham wouldn’t explain the payment and why it was claimed even when Miller gave them permission to do so. Where was the moral outrage then?

[@Golfonegwofour]

@@ACDZ123 she should be ashamed of herself,using an allegation like that to win a logie, but her ego is so huge she won't be.

[@thekrutchinator]

I agree but it will never happen because it's a political game not a legal one ..

[@bobomac8330]

​@@ACDZ123 damn straight

[@johangouws8855]

This type of behaviour in our parliament just confirms why the people have no more confidence in those who are suppose to lead us.

[@judysimpson3774]

Parliamentary privilege has really just become a mechanism for Parliamentarians to throw enough shit until somethings sticks, without any legal ramifications. If based in any truth, Thorpe should say it outside Parliament, but wont. Disgraceful behaviour.

[@GilmerJohn]

In the US, personal attacks on the floor aren't permitted. But TRUTH is always permitted. So where to go from here?

[@Norm698]

She won't.

[@Norm698]

​@@GilmerJohn Very good question.

[@howunacceptibleofme2145]

@@GilmerJohn The truth is something muricans have a lot of trouble with , biggest blight on the planet ever....

[@slickstrings]

Ive never seen a single image of Lidia where she didnt look incredibly angry and hateful. Seems more than likely that it was just an attempt to slander and destroy the reputation of her opponent rather than an event that occurred.

[@bobburns7277]

Look into it further and you'll discover it's consensual and inviting until one thinks she could do with $3m to retire on. Make no mistake they are ALL whoreees and Pedos who work in that building!!!

[@pale_saint]

Pretty sure not even actual convicted sexual predators and rapists would want a piece of her

[@lynnm6413]

Poor bloke was so shocked that he almost cried right then and there… Any woman that is saying something like that happened and it didn‘t should be prosecuted and publicly ostracized! So many women have to go through abhorrent mistreatment and suffer their whole lives afterwards, yet she is just throwing this accusation out like any other argument. One would have to be a psychopath to have that happen and then verbalise it in this way. I don‘t believe her!

[@burglar42]

She is a psychopath...looneylidia I call her!!!!

[@tlb2970]

No one would believe her except the labor gang

[@nicktrueman224]

She's a narcissistic pig

[@lynnm6413]

just for everyone's edification... 4 answers, only 1 visible I had to scroll all the way back through the feed after going to new comments to read those other 3. censorship is real

[@nicktrueman224]

@@lynnm6413 yep business as usual. I wrote she is a narcissistic pig

[@deanminards3215]

Find it hard to believe that anyone would make any form of sexual advances to Lidia Thorpe. 😂😂

[@lightningalex5324]

Unless they are drunk and desperate.

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……or blind as a bat……

[@KleenaSupre]

or hazing

[@chrisellis9689]

​@@lightningalex5324 I could be rotten blind drunk and find a power pole more attractive than that unhinged big mouthed trog

[@jayzee2390]

And are deaf and have no sense of smell…

[@every1665]

"Believe All Women". I expect Lisa Wilkinson will be standing proud and strong with Lidia.

[@rodaust1069]

Yeah she is scum too

[@swordscot]

Might be a book deal in this.

[@tlb2970]

And the Mean girls 😂

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

Lmfao!!

[@Angrybogan]

Best comment here

[@mickeyjmoons]

Brittany Higgins got $3m for an accusation, Thorpe's just going after the big money.

[@veaton77]

No, she got money as a settlement for being defamed and called a 'lying cow' by a senator.

[@tkatrich3]

I think there's a difference between some pretty young girl where it pretty obviously points to SA and throwing accusations willy nilly.

[@SA-nv5tc]

I’m calling BS!

[@ACDZ123]

💯

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

She probably fantasized about it, because she's so ugly on the outside and inside that no wants to be near her, let alone touch her.

[@tlb2970]

Absolutely bs

[@mikegray8776]

So let’s get this straight …… in the Australian Parliament you can accuse anyone of anything without any evidence - on camera and on the record - providing you don’t use the word lie. And having made any such defamation, you can then just withdraw it, and no further action is taken. Seems totally reasonable to me.

[@codyaucoin3412]

You've got your own AOC down there my Australian Brothers. Stand strong from Canada, we need to get rid of this madness in our politicians.

[@deanpd3402]

AOC is sane by comparison.

[@ohdearearthlings1879]

Lidia does not have AOC's brains or sanity.

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

@@deanpd3402 Would reluctantly agree with you.

[@Golfonegwofour]

We have more than oneAOC ...wish we could drain the swamp! it is embarrassing. Everytime Labor are in power this happens....the parliament decends into this dirty tit for tat policy on the run not focus on the real issues increase tax and red tape and the country goes down the gurggler....(not that the Liberals are much better)

[@bullshitstomper9417]

AOC cross ilan Omar

[@user-ix9wx6ms9v]

It's hard to believe that abrasive Lidia Thorpe would stomach any abuse for 3 years and not yell about it. I find her allegations not believable and I am not sorry.

[@TeamJY]

She speaks like someone that has never really had to deal with consequence

[@jayfielding1333]

Two more women have come forward, one of whom is a former Liberal senator. Still think the same way?

[@TeamJY]

@@jayfielding1333 absolutely, because at its worst it's a mudpie. One was 3 years ago in a hallway where there are no cameras, the other 3 years ago at an informal gathering. If either were assault they wouldn't take 3 years to be spoken about, they'd get raised when it occurred. How do you make a mudpie? Set someone up for a fall later on, for collateral. A little flirtation, a suggestion for advance, then "Oh Mr. Van, don't worry I won't tell". Many agencies below federal politics build dirt on each other in ways not unlike what we're seeing.

[@davidhanak8966]

That's why I'm not married to one lol

[@jordywatson7829]

It's so good that the voice will ensure people like Lidia rule and control our country. What could possibly go wrong

[@alanwatterson2850]

Derr! She''s anti-Voice

[@jordywatson7829]

@@alanwatterson2850 Yep, if you read my comment properly you would have seen the words "people like" Derr. And even though she is against it, if it was passed I'm sure she would take full advantage of it anyway Derr

[@alanwatterson2850]

@@jordywatson7829 By "people like" you mean what? Darkish skin? Deranged? In Pauline's words, "Please explain". She wouldn't have any more influence on its decisions than any other indigenous person. The Voice will have no power other than an ability to express indigenous opinion to government when it is considering laws relevant to them. On any sitting day the parliament is a cacophony of voices, mostly ex-politicians, lobbying for mining, pharma, fossil fuels, any business or organisation that can afford them. You're against one more? How is that going to "rule and control our country"?

[@nevillewran4083]

@@jordywatson7829 So why mention the twat Lydia at all if you didn't mean her? Derr.

[@hl5910]

🤣🤣🤣

[@garthschley2470]

Honestly seeing how things are going in Canberra is disgraceful when our country needs good leadership

[@actualfacts1055]

Brittany and Labor have a lot to answer for.

[@nevillewran4083]

yeah, the Bubonic plague, the inquisistion, WW1 and WW2....

[@actualfacts1055]

@@nevillewran4083 Probably.

[@nettles6055]

​@@nevillewran4083unintelligent comment.

[@Olsnedzy]

@@nevillewran4083 no just corruption champ. You’re not the full quid are you !

[@ralphmogridge8364]

She was found half naked and drunk in Parliament, a security guard was silenced, Coalition tried to bury it!!!?

[@judycorbett4462]

Keep it up Lidia you are the best representative for not changing our constitution with Albo's VOICE . VOTE NO AUSTRALIA

[@pattayaguideorg]

Once called the 'Lucky country', now now a rolling disaster and soon to become a horror story.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Sadly yes

[@ravisingh7928]

Lucky.. thieves..!!!

[@entropicdissident2697]

Lidia Thorpe has both harmed women who are actual victims of sexual assault & given Bruce Lehrmann a wonderful present.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

as a survivor it makes me wanna crack open a sharps disposal unit and jab her up full of vitamins

[@chadcadsonvii5258]

So with all the lies etc you still think Bruce is guilty? It's idiots like you that allow this shit to continue!

[@BigGen222]

Someone sexually assaulted Lidiot? Tell her she's dreaming.

[@Jacko911]

😂😂

[@tlb2970]

The labor gang probably put her up to that to take away the Higgins saga😂

[@karenstandley597]

She should be prosecuted for false allegations. No parliamentary privilege!!!

[@jayfielding1333]

But they're true, it seems.

[@SaintCharbelMiracleworker]

@@jayfielding1333 When did the court hand down its verdict?

[@jayfielding1333]

@cocolocooz two more women have come forward, one of who is an arch conservative former Liberal senator. I think the truth is fairly obvious. Stoker and Thorpe are not in cahoots.

[@alexfagyas9342]

You are right exactly Pauline Hanson!!!!.

[@lightningalex5324]

Reactionary Right to be exact.

[@normanmazlin6741]

Thourpe can't even do a 'me too' without making a mongrel of herself.

[@sirskeptic]

Wow! Silencing an opponent through a no-repercussion, no evidence allegation. Who would ever have expected that of Thorpe?

[@SmallWonda]

That MP is a total loose cannon - we do need term limits of many of these cases & getting hysterical in Parliament is not the way to treat such a serious allegation - it should go to the Police & make it's way through the legal system. Thank you Pauline.

[@georgeedward1226]

The woman belongs in a rubber room, not the corridors of power.

[@rodneymarsden3003]

Thanks to the Greens she is there.

[@KateLicker]

Remember when she said she was 'pulverized by police" -unquote. They had barely touched her at all, and she had fallen onto her haunches on lawn then gotten up and walked off unscathed. But that was 'pulverized by police". No matter what claim she ever makes, she is NOT in any way a credible or reliable witness.

[@jazactane]

Pauline, I have respected you for years as you seem to make so much more sense than the majority - however I have to ask, how the hell do we end this madness that is our current politics, only appears to be getting worse...at a rapid rate...

[@rebeccaarmstrong8426]

Lower there wage. Then only the people that actually want to do the job will and the money grabbers will be gone

[@ronaldmusk4996]

And Albo was going return respect to the Parliament! This is another iie. Sorry, I withdraw that comment. Now, I too am eligible to be a politician 😅😅

[@johnellison1635]

​@@rebeccaarmstrong8426On Point

[@mckenziehellenann]

👍

[@tmcurly]

Pauline is a decent woman 👩. Thorpe wears her short sleeves with her tattoos expose

[@leighburkinshaw]

Lidia just worked out how to get a 3 million payout without any proof of allegations.

[@mckenziehellenann]

My thoughts exactly..

[@michaeldeegan2355]

Lidia Thorpe is unbalanced.

[@dianestevens2659]

Just a complete feral, she needs to be expelled from Parliament.She claims Scott Morrison knew of this but he completely denied it.

[@mckenziehellenann]

I doubt she would ever have spoken to Scott Morrison . . Not ever.

[@sondradupree8709]

Even Penny Wrong looks worried about Thorpe's irrational behaviour.

[@bibbedyboo3532]

Yeah she's got a "shut the fuck up idiot" look in her face.

[@graemekeeley4497]

Are you kidding Penny Wrong would be lapping this up

[@rodneymarsden3003]

Penny Wrong? I like that!

[@sondradupree8709]

@@graemekeeley4497 , you are probably right. The kinky CCP lesbo Senator is head of the Mean Girls.

[@malevolencemotorsports8361]

Penny Wong is an angry angry man

[@marco3499]

The louder I yell. You must listen to me. Not pressing charges, but ruins the man's career / life. And also his family.

[@Rob_Sausage]

She should have been sent out of the chamber.

[@PP-vf1kx]

🤨 a gas chamber rather!

[@Sheeba777bronson]

Why did it take her 3 years to come clean and accuse this guy. What was she doing all this time. She doesn't sound very mentally together to have kept silent for so long. If this situation really occurred there're channels to report the incident I would be a bit sceptical about these accusations which is sad as it tarnishes a person's reputation and it won't be the same again

[@sandrawilson6574]

we don't hear enough from Pauline Hanson...she is amazing and not afraid to speak the truth

[@tlb2970]

She’s a straight shooter and cares about this country, will always vote for her

[@carolinegodden4364]

A woman with high integrity. It's incredible the muck she has had to push through, over the years. She even got sent to prison, for speaking the truth. Horrific. A GREAT BRAVE Lady, she sure earned my respect. Caroline in Melbourne.

[@adam8628]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@tlb2970]

@@carolinegodden4364 I have always voted for ONE NATION

[@lightningalex5324]

​@@tlb2970They are too far to the right just like how the Greens are too far to the left.

[@21smam]

Even tho Thorpe has withdrawn her claim she has now ruined this poor man’s life because he will be tried by social media do gooder’s 😢😢

[@peted3637]

Senator Van needs to sue Thorpe, just like others have done. Hello Hansen-Hyphen!

[@markandmellwhiteley7995]

does parliamentary privilege allow this? serious question

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

No he can't. That's why it's so gutless of her. He should DARE her to repeat it outside of Parliament. I'd call all the media and demand that she repeat it or apologise. Looked like she was just trying to win the argument - hardly the sort of thing one throws out in passing (if you're a normal person anyway), 'oh by the way that bloke happens to be a sex pest', as if she just recalled it!

[@peted3637]

@@b.alexanderjohnstone9774 Hansen successfully sued another senator for a comment in parliament. If it can't be done, then how did Sarah Sea Patrol do it?

[@peterlederer3896]

Can't sue because she said it in Parliament under parliamentary privilege and that has no ramifications However she achieved her desired result the man accused was stood down wasn't he

[@bigm383]

Parliamentary privilege exists in order to protect the parliament and senate in the conduct of it’s business. Privilege isn’t there to allow individuals to make baseless claims or accusations.

[@bobburns7277]

Who said it's baseless! Look into it and you'll discover it's consensual and inviting until one thinks she could do with $3m to retire on. Make no mistake they are ALL whoreees and Pedos who work in that building!!!

[@nativealien6215]

...I wouldn't have thought that there wasn't enough alcohol in the state, to cause ANYBODY to attempt a sexual assault on this person

[@rodaust1069]

Yep you'd have to be immeasurably desperate or 100% deaf & dumb.

[@abbeylane3794]

He probably just looked at her!

[@donnaballagh987]

My exact same thought, she is ugly inside and out

[@markbeale7390]

​@abey lane I'd say so too.

[@gretavains8707]

Love it!!!!😂

[@madmick6275]

Anyone who makes false allegations of sexual assault should be thrown in jail and the innocent party should be compensated for emotional damages!

[@deathrowinmate28]

Amen to that.

[@gregbennet5560]

The kindest thing i can say about Thorpe is that she needs medication.

[@davegoldspink5354]

😂🤣😂 Think there wouldn’t be any sort of medication available for humans that would fix her. 😉😉😉

[@laylaclapton3211]

Medications don’t help a personality disorder

[@dennisdobin8640]

She is already ,self administrating.

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

6th booster should b fine

[@elmerfudd6305]

Straight jacket..Straight to the Mental asylum, throw key away..

[@jayk7422]

What man in their right mind would want to go anywhere near her in the first place

[@nadie2795]

apparently Lidia thinks she's Meghan Markle and just wants her privacy, and an Oprah interview

[@Giddyshoes]

Thorpe is chemically imbalanced. As a fellow tizzy sufferer, I'd not leave her in any important roles until she's medicated and/or gets some needed therapy. She's strung and also a narcissist, gotta remove that from parliament.

[@Monkeyboy2457]

Poor woman. She is obviously mentally ill. Sadly, the taxpayer has to pay all the members of parliament to sit there waiting to finish her babble. While she talks, our representatives are distracted from the serious business of addressing the issues that actually matter to voters.

[@paulhenner8914]

Mad as a hatter !

[@swcarp]

Imagine the scars that poor sod will carry the rest of his life ... imagine grappling with that beast...the horror...the horror

[@myownperson8145]

FFS get rid of Thorpe

[@boiragirules]

She was voted in mate.

[@nettles6055]

​@@boiragirulesnot as an independent.

[@burglar42]

Love paulines straight talk!!!!

[@rogersyme1368]

If you want to see how rotten this country has become. - see here...god help us...

[@gabor2160]

I don’t think it’s funny at all. Lidia definitely needs help and medication. A lot of them. Both!

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Yes it's awful can't believe we have come to this again Had enough of this rot when Gillard was abusive in Parliament

[@abbeylane3794]

so you can get up and lie in the senate but you are not allowed to use the word lie! How ridiculous! Why are they so afraid of that word?

[@VH-gw3qi]

Probably because all of them lie all the time … our politicians are the lowest of the low

[@peterhawkins4612]

I’m not shocked, the woman is unpredictable on a good day.

[@timandersen]

If he is removed then so should she until a investigation is done

[@boltaction001]

Good onya Pauline.

[@alexmatthews917]

Easy, get rid of Parliamentary privilege so that politicians can be held accountable like every other citizen.

[@kai_draco]

Doubt anyone would want to even get close enough to thorpe to "assault" her. Just chasing clout because shes beyond irrelevant.

[@alasdair4161]

Doubly fascinating that Politicians do not allow the word 'lie' in Parliament... That little detail really explains a lot more than it probably ever intended to.

[@lesleyosborne9319]

Another trial by media. Go Lydia. Join Britney. She wants Money, a book and a new job too. Senator Van would not even LOOK at Lydia.

[@nevillewran4083]

What trial, bozo? She retracted.

[@markbeale7390]

​@@nevillewran4083 media trial.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@markbeale7390 christ, _what_ media trial?

[@mckenziehellenann]

She's probably thinking..I'm going to get sacked soon and I'll get more than 3 million and won't have to prove anything!!

[@Angrybogan]

The accusation is either true r false. If it is true, it should be punished to the full extent of the law. If it is false - and this accusation has been withdrawn - then it should laso be punished with the same sentence.

[@OldeDog_NewTricks]

Help me understand. You can say anything you want on the parliament floor in regards to libel and slander, and it's not criminal? It only becomes criminal if you say it outside of parliament? If you have been a victim of a crime why wouldn't you pursue that instead of making accusations on the floor of parliament?

[@grantmcaskell4568]

Because she's a bullshit artist

[@grellis6483]

That's why it's called the 'Coward's Castle'.

[@dennisdobin8640]

That politics, needs to change.

[@daz5138]

If she were genuine, she'd go to the police....

[@markbeale7390]

Exactly.

[@republicofcasuals]

She has probably flirted with most of the men there in some way or another because as she has shown us, that's just the type of outgoing and unhinged skank she really is... Now she thinks she can flip her behavior into being a victim... Honestly, it's lucky she already discredited herself because she's the type of person to start constantly lying and destroy people's lives and careers in the process without a care...

[@lightningalex5324]

Common sense.

[@veaton77]

BS. You have no idea about victims of sexual assault then. I think Lidia is off her trolley, but if you actually wanted accurate information you could do a quick google search and see just how few victims actually report to police. One look at the shit Higgins has gone through is enough to stop someone

[@cdrone4066]

How can you just take back the accusation of SA, like it never happened. Just the accusation can ruin your life.

[@nevillewran4083]

Seriously? Name somebody foolish enough to believe it.

[@lightningalex5324]

​@@nevillewran4083The media.

[@republicofcasuals]

@@nevillewran4083 That's not the point. Right now there are people out there that do believe her and even for those that don't, it's now out there in the wind being talked about.... his family, his friends, his co workers... he now has this sitting over his head "Section 314 of the Crimes Act defines false allegations and accusations as a crime. It states that people who make an accusation intending a person to be a subject of a police investigation for the offence are liable to a seven-year imprisonment."

[@nevillewran4083]

@@lightningalex5324 Name the media who have said he's a sex offender or groper. Nobody took the claim seriously.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@republicofcasuals Oh, please! A catch-phrase? "people out there" is meaningless. "out there in the wind"? Hyperbole. All the poor guy is copping now is sympathy. I don't think the NSW law you quote applies in the federal territory. And not in the senate.

[@robynaustin3477]

Why does Australia have such odd people running the country? It's inconceivable!

[@thekrutchinator]

Well 3 million just for an allegation is pretty tempting for someone like her!

[@mckenziehellenann]

👍

[@soma4u289]

Labor is good at Social disruption and plays Australia's Economy like a poker machine.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Absolutely 💯 Dragon Abusive foul mouth Gillard and liar Rudd the dud set the precedent for disfunction in Parliament

[@homebrandrules]

possbily the BEST POLITICIAN ON THE PLANET . THANKYOU PAULINE ( actually pauline ISNT a very good polly, she,s too honest)

[@tlb2970]

Agreed 100%

[@lightningalex5324]

Basically, you are saying that there's no good politicians. To be fair, that's mostly true.

[@mystikmind2005]

The only things being 'assaulted' with regard to Lidia Thorp are her assaults on common sense and human dignity.

[@CohnmanTheBudbarian]

That is the type of crap that will destroy a man's life, true or not. She is such a troll.

[@dex6851]

If she's made a false accusation, she must be removed permanently from public office and serve real jail time. Min 5 years.

[@benjaminthistle6637]

Does Lidia swear on the rainbow serpent she was sexually assaulted

[@DV-zv4ox]

Thorpe is the epitome of the modern day, "black, marginalized woman." She uses her sex and race as a crutch, choosing to either be victimised or empowered, dependant on the situation and what suits her agenda at the time.

[@rebeccaarmstrong8426]

She should not be a senator, here behaviour, language and violent actions is not acceptable.

[@glenbelson5485]

Vote NO to the Voice. Thanks Mr Kenny, for giving me a platform to say that😂

[@ozrob8726]

Except Kenny supports the YES vote. He lost me. I'm only here for Pauline.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Don't watch Kenny anymore He can shove his yes vote up his jumper

[@pa6370]

I'll be moving my preferences towards this lady's party next election. She tells it as it is.

[@diannesmith2249]

Goes to show how pathetic you are that you would vote for a foul mouthed divisive woman like her.

[@lightningalex5324]

Voting for the Reactionary Right? How is that any better than voting for the Greens? I will never vote for either.

[@pa6370]

@@lightningalex5324 Didn't say I would vote for them - just move my preferences to them.

[@michaelofsydney6128]

@@lightningalex5324 I have voted for Pauline for many years. I've never voted green and never will

[@lightningalex5324]

@@michaelofsydney6128 Why do you vote for the Reactionary Right political party?

[@johnkauppi7078]

Thorpe,the eternal victim.What will she come up with next? I suspect she drinks and takes drugs a lot to be so irrational and unhinged.

[@roderickhutchinson5447]

Isn't strange that Pauline has something to say, her critics attack, yet in almost every occasion she correct.

[@lightningalex5324]

Only when it comes to the Far Left.

[@Coops777]

Well said on all counts!! Thankyou for supporting Linda Reynolds and the truth behind the Brittany Higgins situation.

[@elishua8199]

Amen 🙏🏼 the truth must come out 🪞🤧

[@karenwithers6671]

I hope that senator van sues thorpe big time

[@phredflypogger4425]

What man in his right mind would put the hard word on Lidia? Clearly rubbish.

[@gryphus64]

A new set of guidelines needs to be created for relationships and "Sexual" activity in out Parliaments. A binding code of behaviour. We are having too many scandals about these issues!

[@davepowelldrumz]

close the bar.

[@waylandforge8704]

Lidia has serious mental issues and she needs help. She's not mentally fit to make decisions that effect this country.