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'Fool, ignoramus': Parliamentary committee suspended as senators clash
A Liberal senator called point of order after several insults directed at Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie.
Labor senator Glenn Sterle later apologised, stating he regretted the language as a result of "frustrations boiling over".
A parliamentary committee has been suspended after a clash between the Labor chair Glenn Sterle and Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie, during which he called her an ignoramus, a fool and said he would "cut her up" in a debate.
Senator McKenzie was questioning the Department of Infrastructure and Transport about road funding, when she said the truck industry would be unhappy with the federal government's approach to the fuel excise and taxes on small business.
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Labor Senator threatens to ‘cut up’ Bridget McKenzie in bizarre clash
A member of the Albanese government has threatened to “cut up” Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie after Labor promised to make workplaces more respectful for women.
Labor Senator Glenn Sterle has threatened to “cut up” Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie during a Senate Estimates clash.
Mr Sterle told Ms McKenzie “I’ll cut you up” during a debate before backtracking and insisting he meant the comment “metaphorically”.
He then describeed Ms McKenzie as an “ignoramus” and asked to swap seats with another minister so he could sit beside the Nationals Senator and “educate” her about trucking.
The extraordinary comments come despite the Albanese government vowing to make workplaces more respectful for women.
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