The senator called Anthony Albanese’s comments ‘insulting’ after video circulated of her in an expletive-laden argument with several men
has hit back at Anthony Albanese’s suggestions that health issues could be behind her early-morning altercation outside a Melbourne strip club, claiming the prime minister and her detractors are “taking their info from rightwing media”.
Seven News, which first reported the video, reported that Thorpe claimed the men had provoked her over her views on Indigenous issues.Asked about the incident in a 2SM radio interview on Wednesday morning, Albanese said there were “obvious issues that need to be dealt with in terms of her health issues”, adding: “I hope that Lidia gets some support. I think that that level of behaviour is quite clearly unacceptable.
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