Senator Lidia Thorpe

Call for Senator Lidia Thorpe to quit Australian federal politics after Sydney Mardi Gras stunt. 2GB presenter Deborah Knight calls for her to get on with ...

She has slammed the Victorian independent senator for her “bizarre” stunt in front of a Sydney Mardi Gras float that halted the World Pride celebration. “She just doesn’t deserve to remain in the federal Senate,” Deborah said. ‘Get off the taxpayer teat’: Deborah Knight calls for Lidia Thorpe to quit politics

Rogue senator Lidia Thorpe got mixed up and threw herself in front of a youth charity truck instead of the police float during her bizarre Sydney Mardi Gras ...

Like you pushed me out of the way. 'How dare you manhandle women like you did. Senator Thorpe was later pictured lying on her back in front of a float as it tried to travel down Oxford Street as two police officers asked her to move on amid 'boos' from the crowd When police kept on moving, she escalated her protest and lay down on her back directly in front of a truck that was next in the queue. As an entrant in the parade, Thorpe and the group with which she was marching, Pride in Protest, agree to comply with operational, safety and logistics rules under the SGLMG The QLife float for a gay and lesbian helpline and the Twenty10 youth charity was directly behind the federal police float and when Thorpe obstructed it, parade goers began to boo her As the crowd began to boo Thorpe, two police officers tried to get her up and move her on, as she pointed at an officer and gesticulated to him to back off. Lidia Thorpe on her first lie-down in Oxford Street, apparently mistaking a float for gay and lesbian youth charity for the federal or state police truck She said she was marching 'not only for First Peoples' but 'for people who want to love the f*** who they want to love' and posed with a sign saying: 'Stop police attacks on queers, women and blacks. A timeline of Lidia Thorpe's actions on Saturday reveals she delivered a firebrand speech to fellow members of the Pride in Protest group's No Pride in Genocide float some time before the parade began at 8pm. Rogue senator Lidia Thorpe got mixed up and threw herself in front of a youth charity truck instead of the police float during her bizarre [NSW](/news/new-south-wales/index.html) police float as she planned, Thorpe laid down in the path of the QLife truck representing the LGBTIQ community's anonymous hotline and the Twenty10 youth charity.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has joined Tanya Plibersek in criticising Senator Lidia Thorpe for causing a stir at Sydney's Mardis Gras parade ...

Black and brown trans women started the first pride march as a protest against police violence. Proud to have joined the— Senator Lidia Thorpe (@SenatorThorpe) Mr Albanese, who was also joined by partner Jodie, said it was “unfortunate” that it took this long for a sitting prime minister to take part in the celebration of “modern Australia”. “Black and brown trans women started the first pride march as a protest against police violence,” she said. [defended her decision](https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/former-greens-senator-lidia-thorpe-responds-after-footage-emerged-of-her-blocking-float-during-sydneys-mardi-gras/news-story/778b6308fe56c330986b02e68c58e285) to protest on Sunday and said she was proud to have taken part in a float under the banner of Pride in Protest, which objected to police presence in the parade. “As a society, we need to respect different views and not just tolerate it, but celebrate different perspectives and what we see from Lidia Thorpe and the Greens is this negativity and worse than that, this divisive nature of their politics.”

Federal senator Lidia Thorpe staged a protest at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras last night halting the iconic parade.

She stopped the parade by lying in front of the float for the Australian Federal Police. Senator Thorpe posted to social media saying she had taken part in the parade to highlight the ongoing issue of police violence. Police have said Thorpe was not arrested by was asked by organisers to leave the parade for “breaching the terms of her participation”.

Dominic Perrottet has condemned the actions of Federal Senator Lidia Thorpe after she was videoed blocking the Mardis Gras float of a youth charity.

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