Senate censures Ralph Babet and Lidia Thorpe

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Lidia Thorpe has been censured for her behaviour during King Charles' visit to parliament in which she called the monarch genocidal. Meanwhile, Ralph Babet has been censured for racist language on social media following the US election.

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00:00Can I say the government moves these motions reluctantly? We all know both senators are

00:04engaging in these behaviours precisely in order to get attention. Engaging in actions and stunts

00:12designed to create storms on social media but offering nothing of substance to improve anyone's

00:17life. These are actions which seek to incite outrage and grievance actually to boost their

00:23own profiles and this is part of a trend that we do see internationally but frankly we do not need

00:30here in Australia. We should deny them the attention they seek but in doing so we should

00:35also signal the upholding of standards. Standards of respect when we have dignitaries visit our

00:40parliament in Senator Thorpe's case no less than the head of state and standards of respect when

00:46it comes to talking about our fellow Australians and in Senator Babette's case deliberate abuse

00:53of some of our fellow Australians.

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