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Emily Woods and Tara Cosoleto

Lidia Thorpe MCG attack exposed as offender spared jail

Hidden details of an attack on Senator Lidia Thorpe outside the MCG can finally be revealed. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

More than two years after Senator Lidia Thorpe was bashed outside the MCG, details of the attack can be revealed after a suppression order banning reporting on the case ended.

The Victorian senator kept the case under a shroud of secrecy for more than a year after bringing an interim suppression order banning all reporting in February 2025, which was extended until finalisation of the matter.

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