Australia news live: Lidia Thorpe confronts police at Mardi Gras parade; Olivia Newton-John to be remembered in state memorial

Footage shows Indigenous independent senator lying on the street and temporarily halting Sydney parade. Follow the day’s news

Federal senator Lidia Thorpe has tweeted that she is proud to have joined #PrideInProtest at the Sydney Mardi Gras parade last night.

This comes after footage showed her confronting police as she appeared to be staging a protest by lying in front of a truck on Oxford Street.

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