Senate calls on PM to expel Christensen

The Senate has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to expel controversial coalition backbencher George Christensen from the party room.

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George Christensen Source: AAP

The Senate has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to expel controversial backbencher George Christensen from the coalition party room for attending an anti-Islam function.

Labor, Greens and the Nick Xenophon Team joined forces on Tuesday to pass two separate motions in the upper house condemning Mr Christensen for attending a fundraiser for the controversial Q Society.

The Greens motion called on Mr Turnbull to expel Mr Christensen, the way Pauline Hanson was once expelled from the Liberal party for her racist views.


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