Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says independent senator Lidia Thorpe's altercation outside a Melbourne strip club at the weekend was ill-fitting behaviour for any person, let alone a senator.
abc.net.au/news/albanese-criticises-thorpe-altercation-outside-strip-club/102229774Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the actions of Senator Lidia Thorpe outside a Melbourne strip club last weekend as "clearly unacceptable", and urged her to seek support for "obvious" health issues.
Ms Thorpe released a statement on Sunday, saying it was "sad people are using whatever they can to drag me down" Asked about the incident in an interview this morning, Anthony Albanese criticised senator Thorpe's actions."I think that that level of behaviour is quite clearly unacceptable, and I think there are obvious issues that need to be dealt with in terms of her health.
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