Senator Lidia Thorpe has given a bizarre recount of the moment she was “racially profiled” at Canberra Airport.

The Greens Senator is claiming the episode took place in December while attempting to board a Virgin flight.

Lidia Thorpe spoke this morning to the ABC:

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Ben Fordham has revealed Senator Thorpe did not contact Virgin with a complaint for almost 10 weeks.

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As Ben points out, Senator Thorpe has regularly claimed “racism” during her time in Parliament.

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