LISTEN: Lidia Thorpe, 'Posie Parker' and the neo-Nazis ABCNewsDaily
Hi, I'm Sam Hawley, coming to you from Gadigal Land. This is ABC News Daily. You may have seen the clip by now of Senator Lidia Thorpe being thrown to the ground by police outside Parliament House in Canberra. She was trying to confront a British anti-transgender campaigner whose tour of Australia has attracted support from neo-Nazis, including at a rally in Melbourne. It's raised concern about the growth of extremist groups in the country.
And she really caused a stir in Canberra, where the independent Senator Lidia Thorpe tried to confront her.So what's her objective, this Posie Parker?So her main arguments are against trans people, against trans generally, particularly trans women. She's particularly concerned over things like trans women in public toilets or changing rooms.
You've probably seen the clip by now of Senator Lidia Thorpe being thrown to the ground by police outside Parliament House in Canberra. She was trying to confront a British anti-trans-rights campaigner, Kelly-Jay Keen-Minshull, known online as 'Posie Parker', whose tour of Australia this week has attracted support from neo-Nazis, including at a rally in Melbourne.Today, we speak with an expert on conspiracies and the far-right.
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