Lidia Thorpe

Parliamentary committee has processes to declare any potential conflicts of interest, then deputy chair Anne Aly says.

The club is considered to have the most members of any outlaw motorcycle gang in Australia. [“peaceful handover”](https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/bike-gangs-of-melbourne-the-evolution-of-outlaw-motorcycle-clubs/news-story/ff002a188fdbefbb6dee44c4850514ef) of the Rebels presidency in April 2018. [faced charges](https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/rebels-president-dean-martin-pleads-guilty-to-liquor-offences-20130829-2ss9c.html) relating to a raid on the Rebels clubhouse in Melbourne’s west, after police seized alcohol on the premises. [previously advocated](https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/rebels-motorcycle-gang-protest-treatment-by-government-media-20160521-gp0ost.html) for the overhaul of deportation laws that had resulted in his brother Shane being exiled to New Zealand, telling the Age in 2016 that the then immigration minister Peter Dutton was victimising all club members. [which first revealed the relationship](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-20/lidia-thorpe-undisclosed-relationship-ex-rebel-president/101553386?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web), she met Martin “through Blak activism and briefly dated in early 2021”. [report](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/reportjnt/024664/toc_pdf/OperationoftheAustralianCrimeCommissionAmendment(SpecialOperationsandSpecialInvestigations)Act2019.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf), the committee noted the ACIC had offered to provide detail on “the importance of evidence obtained through its exercise of coercive powers in tackling serious and organised crime”, including “in camera” in a private session. “The committee has significant processes in place for members to declare all conflicts of interest – it’s disappointing to learn a member may not have taken this responsibility to the Australian community seriously. In a statement, Thorpe said she accepts she “made mistakes” and had “not exercised good judgment”. Aly told Guardian Australia “accountability and transparency are the responsibility of all members of parliament”. In August 2021, the committee concluded a review of an amendment to reinforce the legality of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s powers to conduct special operations and investigations. The Greens senator Lidia Thorpe’s failure to declare a possible perceived conflict of interest in her relationship with a former bikie is “disappointing”, according to the then deputy chair of parliament’s law enforcement committee. [asked for and received Thorpe’s resignation as Greens deputy leader in the Senate](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/20/lidia-thorpe-resigns-as-greens-deputy-leader-in-senate-over-relationship-with-former-bikie-boss) over the undisclosed relationship with Dean Martin in 2021.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has called for Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe to resign over revelations she had an undisclosed relationship with a former bikie ...

you understand why they allow the sort of crazy people into their ranks that that they have in recent years. It doesn’t pass any pub test.” It just doesn’t add up.

There are calls for Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe to quit politics after she stepped down from the party's leadership team on Thursday over her controversial ...

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe will face a censure motion in the upper house when parliament resumes for failing...

You can't receive briefings in the day and hang out in nice circumstances with the bikies. "Clearly she should resign, I think (Greens leader) Adam Bandt should do that. "She has shown such poor judgement, declaring a conflict of interest is Senate 101 ... Senator Thorpe said she had accepted the mistakes she had made. While it is not known whether the censure motion will pass, Senator Hanson said the failure to disclose the relationship was a conflict of interest. "With Senator Thorpe's contempt for the Senate with the swearing-in ceremony and now the breach of trust in failing to advise of a conflict of interest, she should consider if it's the right place for her," she said.

'You can't receive those briefings during the day and then hang out, you know, in nice circumstances of a night-time with a bikie,' says the Opposition ...

He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. “Certainly the committee that she sat on deserves an explanation. “This committee deals with highly classified and sensitive material in relation to security information. [Michael Read](/by/michael-read-p4yw7h)reports from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. [Senator Thorpe from her leadership role](https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/thorpe-rejects-warren-mundine-s-claims-on-voice-no-campaign-20221011-p5botq) with the Greens on Thursday after the ABC revealed she “briefly dated” the ex-president of the Rebels bikie gang in Victoria, Dean Martin, while she was sitting on the joint parliamentary law enforcement committee. [must leave parliament](https://www.afr.com/politics/albanese-demands-answers-on-thorpe-s-relationship-with-ex-bikie-boss-20221020-p5brgn) after failing to declare she was in a relationship with the former president of an outlaw motorcycle gang while sitting on a parliamentary committee that examines bikie gangs.

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has resigned as the party's deputy leader in the Senate, following revelations by the ABC that she was briefly in an undisclosed ...

Mr Bandt said the failure to disclose was "disappointing", but Senator Thorpe continued to "have a lot to offer this country and a lot to offer this parliament". In a separate statement, Senator Thorpe said she accepted she had "made mistakes" and had not "exercised good judgement". He said Senator Thorpe should have disclosed her connection to Mr Martin and the failure to do so showed a "significant lack of judgement".

Lidia Thorpe has quit as deputy senate leader after two former Greens staffers say they tried to raise their concerns with office of Greens leader Adam ...

“I note that Senator Thorpe has said that this is an error of judgment. In a statement released during the press conference, Thorpe said Bandt had “requested my resignation as Deputy Leader in the Senate and I have given him my resignation. It was clear that this could be perceived as affecting her work and her failure to disclose that, at the very least to me, was an error of judgment.” “I have spoken to Senator Thorpe, and she has told me that at no stage was there any breach of the rules regarding those committees or her work, no sharing of confidential information, and to date no-one has suggested otherwise. That committee has received confidential briefings in the past about bikie gangs and organised crime which prompted concerns about a potential conflict of interest. “As a leader I expect my senators and MPs, especially those in leadership positions, to exercise good judgment.

The ABC reported Senator Thorpe's staffers raised concerns about the risk of a perceived conflict of interest from her dating a former bikie while she was ...

In a separate statement, Senator Thorpe said she had given Mr Bandt her resignation as the party's deputy leader in the Senate. "I have since looked into those matters. I have asked Senator Thorpe for her resignation as deputy leader in the Senate and I have received a resignation.

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has resigned from her role as the party's deputy Senate leader after she admitted she dated ex-Rebels bikie Dean Martin while on ...

“My staff thought that the issue had been resolved. But one of the staffers did raise the issue with Mr Bandt’s chief of staff. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese weighed in on the “concerning” reports and said Senator Thorpe’s admission that the relationship was an error an of judgement was the “least description I would put to it”. “But that is not enough. 25+ news channels in 1 place. "I have confidence in Senator Thorpe as a Senator, representing a party on First Nations issues, but the significant error of judgement that she showed has led me to ask her to step down from the leadership team," Mr Bandt said on Thursday.

After failing to disclose dating an ex-bikie, Greens leader Adam Bandt asked Lidia Thorpe to resign as the Greens deputy leader in the Senate; Thorpe will ...

The senator’s staff were allegedly alarmed about her dating the ex-bikie, who used to be part of the Rebels bikie gang. “Ultimately, it was [Lidia Thorpe’s] issue that she needed to tell about. I expect that I should have been told about this,” he tells reporters. Thorpe told Bandt that while she was on any committees – including a law enforcement committee when she was dating Martin – there were no breaches of rules. She will continue to be a senator representing the Greens on First Nations issues. I accept that I have made mistakes and have not exercised good judgement. Her staff allegedly urged Thorpe to disclose the relationship to Greens leader Adam Bandt and the committee. This was not of them. “Adam Bandt has to explain what his office knew and what he knew and why he wasn’t informed about these issues given his office was informed, why that is the case.” Greens leader Adam Bandt said he was not made aware of the relationship between senator Lidia Thorpe and ex-bikie Dean Martin until the media contacted him about the situation. Thorpe says it was “an error of judgment” but that this is the “least description that I would put to it”, he says. Greens leader Adam Bandt has asked senator Lidia Thorpe to resign from the party’s leadership team, and she has agreed.

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has stood down from her position as deputy leader in the Senate after concerns were raised about her not disclosing a ...

“I know Senator Thorpe has said that this is an error of judgement. I expect that I should have been told about this,” he told reporters. “Ultimately, it was (Lidia Thorpe’s) issue that she needed to tell about.

Greens leader says Thorpe displayed 'significant lack of judgment' for failing to declare the relationship with former Rebels president.

Bandt said he had contacted the Australian Federal Police to “see if they have any concerns with respect to disclosure of information” but “at the moment … According to the ABC, one staffer raised their concerns with Bandt’s chief of staff, Damien Lawson. But when we met, Mr Martin was no longer involved with that world.” [the ABC revealed](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-20/lidia-thorpe-undisclosed-relationship-ex-rebel-president/101553386?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web) Thorpe had confirmed she “briefly dated” Dean Martin in 2021 and remains friends with him. “Thorpe says she now understands this … In a statement, Thorpe accepted she had “made mistakes and …

Anthony Albanese says Adam Bandt must explain what his office knew about revelations Senator Lidia Thorpe was dating a former president of an outlaw bikie ...

He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. “So the fact is that Adam Bandt needs to step up to show the leadership and to kick Lidia Thorpe out of the Greens and to kick her out of the Parliament, because she has no place in the parliament with this sort of conduct,” Mr Dutton said. “If those facts change, then of course I will consider further action if those facts change, but that is what I have been told at the moment and there has been no suggestion from anyone otherwise,” Mr Bandt said. “I expect that I should have been told about this, and I have made that clear to my chief of staff, and I have counselled him,” Mr Bandt said. “At a minimum, Senator Thorpe needed to disclose to me her connection to Mr Martin, and her failure to do so showed a significant lack of judgment.” Mr Bandt said his chief of staff was competent and generally made good decisions, but his decision to withhold information about Senator Thorpe from him “was not one of them”.