The opposition is calling for a review into Lidia Thorpe’s eligibility as a senator after she said she had sworn allegiance to Queen Elizabeth’s “hairs”, instead of “heirs” – something Thorpe later called accidental.
The independent senator backtracked on Thursday after suggesting she deliberately mispronounced part of the oath when she was sworn in as a senator in 2022, saying it was because her “English grammar isn’t as good as others”.
