When Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie entered politics - via a housing commission, the army and eventually Clive Palmer - her speeches on Sharia law, and her op-shop outfits, marked her out for ridicule. 

Since then Jacqui Lambie has had a remarkable turnaround. Wielding her influence in the senate to advocate for veterans, those on low incomes, and to argue against corruption.  

She’s become known as one of the most fierce, and outspoken conviction politicians in the country.

Writer and contributor to The Monthly, Chloe Hooper spent months talking to Jacqui Lambie, finding out how the public persona matches the private Jacqui. 

Today, Chloe Hooper on the real Jacqui Lambie.

Guest: Writer and contributor to The Monthly, Chloe Hooper.

Background reading: Goddamn bloody adult: Jacqui Lambie in The Monthly.

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