Ms Thorpe was suspended at around 6pm on Wednesday night after repeatedly shouting that the One Nations leader was a “convicted racist” after Ms Hanson raised questions about Fatima Payman’s dual citizenship with Afghanistan.

Victoria’s independent senator will now be unable to sit in the Senate chamber on Thursday, the last sitting day of the year.

The former Greens senator tore up documents on Ms Payman’s Senate eligibility and threw them at Ms Hanson before she raised her middle finger and left the room.

While Labor and the Coalition voted to suspend Ms Thorpe by 46 votes to 11, her former Green Party colleagues supported the motion.

Senate leader Penny Wong denounced Ms Thorpe’s actions in a speech on Wednesday night.

“There have been dozens of instances, including multiple instances, of Senator Thorpe making inappropriate, sometimes abusive comments to other senators and then disrupting proceedings by refusing to recuse himself,” Ms Wong said.

“Despite attempts to work with Senator Thorpe, she is increasingly engaging in such behavior in this Senate.”

Senate President Sue Lines explained that she had met with Deputy Speaker Andrew McLachlan, along with Senate leaders Labour, the Coalition and the Greens, to determine what action needed to be taken after Ms Thorpe threw the newspaper at Ms Hanson.

“I have now had the opportunity to have those discussions which have indicated to me that senators across the chamber believe that the conduct involved was highly disorderly,” Ms Lines said.

She said Ms Thorpe was informed her conduct would be discussed in the Senate and advised her to attend during the discussion, but the Victorian senator chose not to.

Ms Lines noted that those appointed under Standing Order 203, the rule dealing with disorderly conduct, which was cited because of Ms Thorpe’s outburst, could provide an explanation or apology.

“By choosing not to attend tonight, Senator Thorpe has denied himself the opportunity to make an explanation or apology,” Ms Lines said.

Greens Senate leader Larissa Waters stressed that while the minor party did not approve of Ms Thorpe’s actions, it believed her suspension was inappropriate.

“We also do not believe that the approach of denying them the ability to vote in the Senate for an entire day is an appropriate and proportionate response to this action,” Ms Waters said.

However, Senate Liberal leader Simon Birmingham blasted the Greens for voting against Ms Thorpe’s suspension, arguing the minor party was engaging in a “double standard”.

“It’s beyond disappointing, it’s a disgraceful double standard we’ve just seen from the Greens,” he said.

“The Greens would not under any other circumstances tolerate from any major party senator – be it a Labor senator, Liberal senator, Coalition, Nat or even the majority of the group – the Greens would never tolerate the kind of behavior that -I saw today.

He went on to claim that the Greens are defending Ms Thorpe because she is a former colleague of theirs.

“Senator Thorpe is only here because she was a Greens candidate, and although she may no longer be a Greens member, the Greens are willing to defend behavior that no other member of this Senate voted for,” he he said.

Ms Thorpe’s suspension comes after the Senate descended into chaos on Wednesday when Ms Hanson questioned Ms Payman’s dual citizenship and whether she had done enough to renounce her Afghan citizenship.

When she was elected as a Labor senator in 2022, Ms Payman was forced to prove she had made efforts to withdraw her Afghan citizenship.

However, with the Islamic Emirate being taken over by the Taliban, Ms Payman claimed it was almost impossible for her to obtain proof of renunciation of citizenship.

Ms Thorpe’s suspension comes after she was censured by the Senate last week for shouting at King Charles during his visit to Australia.

The senator was seen marching into the great hall of Parliament and publicly denouncing the monarch.