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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has used parliamentary privilege to accuse a Liberal senator of sexual assault. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/lidia-thorpe-senate-accuses-david-van-sexual-assault/102480086

Victorian Liberal David Van was speaking in the Senate about the sex discrimination commissioner's report on parliamentary workplaces when Senator Thorpe started interjecting across the chamber, accusing him of sexually assaulting her.

**NOTE: Senator Thorpe later returned to the senate and withdrew her comments about senator Van, saying she was doing to to comply with parliamentary rules. But she flagged she intends to make a further statement on the matter tomorrow.**

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