In recent months, Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has mocked Australia’s political system, paraded into the chamber brandishing a symbol of Black Power, openly described herself as an ‘infiltrator’, and treated the oath of allegiance as a political stunt – but she’s happy to take the publicly-funded salary.
Pathetic scenes emerged from Parliament on Monday when Senators were being sworn in.
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