Lambie says she arrived in the Senate in July 2014 too soon after a slump in her personal life when she fell into alcohol and drug abuse.
But she is a very different player to the angry newcomer who arrived in the Senate after winning a place in the upper house as a member of Clive Palmer's ramshackle political party at the September 2013 election. On the medical transfer of refugees from Nauru and Manus Island she is keeping the government guessing on whether it can get her support to repeal the "medevac" law passed by Labor, the Greens and the crossbench in February.
"Some of my friends are still living in those housing commissions, they're still living with drug and alcohol problems, they're with men who are in and out of jail," she says. "I sat on the phone for three weeks to see if they could get my son into rehab. Until I got up and spoke in the Senate, only then did I find Dylan the help that he needed.
CroweDM I like her that’s all that matters to me (some like Scomo never heard anyone actually admit it but they are out there)If ever there was a time for Aussies to stand together it’s now, or half the country will be sleeping on the streets with chino lib/rats and co in the trough
CroweDM Most of us have a '3.0' but we have fingers up our arse! This woman is a dinki-di and represents us well /confronts issues that most in Parliament (1.0-2.0!!!) are just too shitless to do so! She will be a much better '3.0-4.0-5.0' PLUS over many years! Onya JacquiLambie
CroweDM About time JacquiLambie stopped trying to play hero and actually was one. If the bill before parliament now is passed, age pensioners in NT and CY will be forced onto Indue cards...only a matter of time before its national.
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