Lidia Thorpe was described as the ‘queen of irrelevancy’ and Senator Murray Watt was called a ‘d**k’ on Monday’s Q+A program.
ABC Host Patricia Karvelas took the show to Brisbane this week ahead of the Queensland election on Saturday, which is expected to see Labor lose power after 10 years in government.
On the panel were Queensland senators including employment and workplace relations Minister Murray Watt, he Liberals’ Susan McDonald and Larissa Waters from the Greens.
They were joined by political strategist Scott Emerson, who was a former LNP minister and is now a co-director of a bipartisan consultancy company GXO Strategies.
A major talking point on the program was Senator Thorpe’s fiery outburst which disrupted official proceedings during a reception with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Parliament House earlier on Monday, sparking global headlines.
Senator Watt said her actions were unfortunate but it was something he saw every week in the senate.
‘Her and Pauline Hanson, the one is from Queensland, and not a week goes by without the two of them at each other’s throats, disrupting the senate trying to grandstand, and for what?’ Senator Watt said.
‘I was in the room when it happened and was not aware until this very moment this is the issue she was raising today.
‘I don’t think it got the message through to anyone in the room.’
He was interrupted man in the audience yelled out, ‘We’re talking about it now, d**k!’
A Q+A audience member has left Labor senator Murray Watt (pictured) shocked after calling him a ‘d**k’ for comments against his colleague Lidia Thorpe
Senator Watt was left shocked by the comment.
‘Thank you for your feedback,’ he replied as host Patricia Karvelas quickly changed the topic.
‘Alright, we’re not going to be doing that,’ she firmly told the audience member.’
Mr Emerson told the audience that Senator Thorpe – was the ‘queen of irrelevancy.’
‘Every time she gets coverage it’s only because she’s yelling at someone,’ he said.
‘She should have done what Larissa Waters did. If she didn’t support the monarchy, didn’t want to be there, don’t turn up.
‘Every time I see Lidia Thorpe, she is yelling at someone.’
A Guren Gureng man Daniel from the Bundaberg region of Queensland brought up Senator Thorpe’s protest asking the panellists if they supported the return of Aboriginal remains and artefacts that were held in the UK.
Mr Watt said Ms Thorpe’s (pictured) explosive heckling of King Charles on Monday didn’t get ‘through to anyone in the room’ before the audience member made the comment
Host Patricia Karvelas (left) said the comment wouldn’t be tolerated before the conversation moved on
He said Senator Thorpe’s message was an important issue still affecting Indigenous Australians.
‘We’re talking about 200 years of pain that is continuing to be unanswered and unresolved,’ he said.
‘The monarchy, the UK, and the Australian government, we are all part of this Commonwealth and we are in a position to affect this change and bring about some real reconciliation for Australians.’
Host Patricia Karvelas said the comment wouldn’t be tolerated.
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