Lidia Thorpe

Senator Lidia Thorpe, the Indigenous spokesperson for the Greens and a vocal opponent of the Voice to Parliament, will quit the party after failing to find ...

She has obviously come to a different view. Senator Thorpe announced her resignation on the first day of the parliamentary year, as the Greens prepare to declare their position on the Voice. Senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the federal Greens after failing to find common ground with her party on a Voice to Parliament.

From Northcote to Canberra, after Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe split from the party after a long-running dispute over the Voice to Parliament referendum and ...

Lidia Thorpe has sensationally quit the Greens and will sit as an independent in a move she says will finally give voice to the “Blak sovereign movement”.

That is my goal,” she said. “I tried very hard to get Senator Thorpe to stay. “She is a fighter for her people. “I made it clear … I wanted her to stay, I felt that there was a place for her in the party,” he said. He said that while he was “very sad” to see her leave the party, he ultimately respected her decision.

Thorpe's defection reduces the Greens' numbers from 12 to 11 on the Senate floor, meaning Labor needs the Greens plus two crossbench votes to pass ...

Bandt and deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi praised Thorpe, saying she left the party with their respect and admiration, despite her defection weakening the Greens’ strength on the crossbench. I wanted her to stay, felt that there was a place for her in the party,” Bandt said. But on Saturday, after sources confirmed she did not attend at all, Thorpe’s office admitted she did not attend. She finished a press conference announcing her split without taking questions. My focus now, is to grow and amplify the black sovereign movement in this country.” “She’s obviously come to a different view.

Senator Lidia Thorpe says the Greens' support for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is at odds with activists who are demanding "treaty before Voice".

"There might be instances now where the government has to perhaps secure one additional vote, but that already happens at the moment, as you know. "Fundamentally, more broadly, in terms of the Senate, the situation remains now still more or less the same in the Senate. She's obviously come to a different view, and she's made her position clear on that. We've been in discussions with the government for some months now about ensuring that we see that progress. Senator Thorpe has also said in her statement that she doesn't intend to comment on anything about her time with the Greens. I think you can go back and look at what I've said. The party's position, as you just said then, was to support all elements of the Uluru Statement. Now, Senator Thorpe is no longer a member of the Greens, and I don't intend to make any further comment about her time with us. She gave that commitment, and I'm grateful for it. I wanted her to stay, I felt that there was a place for her in the party. "This is about two things. By Jessica Riga

Lidia Thorpe hooked voters on the idea of electing her as a strong Greens senator. Now those same voters discover they have bought something utterly ...

She has always believed in her personal mission, not in the Greens, and some in the party always thought her departure was only a matter of time. The Voice that matters most, the Indigenous Voice to parliament, gains a boost from this upheaval. Bandt will not talk about any issues with Thorpe inside the party; Thorpe says she will not talk either. Mal Colston was a Labor senator for 24 years before quitting the party for the crossbench in 1999. The Greens chose to elevate her again in 2020 when she replaced Di Natale when he resigned from parliament in November that year. It is hugely damaging to Adam Bandt who led the party to a strong result last May and now looks like a leader who cannot keep his party together.

There was a sense of inevitability as Lidia Thorpe stepped up to the microphones to announce she was quitting the federal Greens. It was always going to end ...

[“briefly dated” the ex-president of the Victorian Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang](/news/2022-10-20/lidia-thorpe-undisclosed-relationship-ex-rebel-president/101553386) while sitting on a parliamentary law enforcement committee. Thorpe's departure will do little to change the balance of power. Thorpe rose to mainstream public attention winning an inner Melbourne state seat at a by-election. She sees little need for compromise, putting her firmly at odds with a Greens leadership The Greens former and current leaders were keen to see her in Canberra, helping her to If the Newspoll published in The Australian on Monday is anything to go by, the biggest supporters of a Voice to Parliament are Greens voters.

The federal Greens will support the Voice referendum, assisting Labor's bid to build consensus, after controversial senator Lidia Thorpe defected to the ...

Thorpe intends to lead what she describes as the black sovereignty movement, which opposes the Voice and seeks more ambitious forms of Indigenous advancement such as a treaty. I wanted her to stay, felt that there was a place for her in the party,” Bandt said. It reduces the Greens’ numbers from 12 to 11 on the Senate floor, meaning Labor will now need the Greens bloc plus two extra crossbench votes to pass legislation when it is opposed by the Coalition. Her defection came just two years and five months after she entered the Senate, after replacing former Greens leader Richard Di Natale’s casual vacancy on September 4, 2020. Her approach to the rest of the government’s substantive agenda remains unclear. But she signalled her likely opposition, saying she would not support it “unless I am satisfied that First Nations sovereignty is not ceded”.

Former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is set to secure a $1 million payday after splitting with her party and could secure up to six staff if Prime Minister ...

“We have to settle the country first before we go talking about the Republic. We’re sick of it.” Now, I will be able to speak freely, on all issues, from a sovereign perspective, without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions.” So we need a treaty. “Have a treaty so the day we have a treaty in this country is a day that we should celebrate. Less than a year after she was re-elected for another term, Senator Thorpe is set to join the crossbench as an independent MP and “leader of the black sovereignty movement”.

Party's support all but guarantees government has enough votes to pass referendum legislation.

The Greens’ constitution allows members to go against the party position. This is the message delivered on the streets on Jan 26,” she said. Guardian Australia had earlier been told by multiple Greens sources that the party was expected to support the voice. we want the referendum to succeed,” party leader Adam Bandt said in a statement on Monday evening. A strong First Nations body would be a further step towards true self-determination and justice,” Bandt said. The party room meeting resolved to support the necessary legislation to set up referendum and to campaign for Yes, with Bandt saying the Greens had received “guarantees on Sovereignty and funding to progress Treaty and Truth” from the Labor government.

Senator Thorpe has regularly demanded a Treaty and Truth-telling process before a Voice referendum. The "yes" campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has ...

The Greens are central in the balance of power,” he said. “[But] I made it clear to Senator Thorpe that … “She's obviously decided to adopt a different course. It has become clear to me that I can't do that from within the Greens,” Senator Thorpe told reporters at Parliament House. They are still killing our babies. They are still killing us. “Now, I will be able to speak freely on all issues ... This contradicts, which recommends a Voice be legislated first. The Greens leader claimed he told Senator Thorpe that she “still has a place” in the party, regardless of what position she came to on the Voice. Senator Thorpe said she wanted to campaign from the crossbench for "black sovereignty" beyond the voice proposal. if she came to a different position on the question of Voice, I would take over responsibility for being the party spokesperson on the Voice so that she would be free to speak her mind,” he said. Senator Thorpe said she wanted to campaign from the crossbench for "black sovereignty" beyond the Voice proposal.

Lidia Thorpe's decision to quit the Greens over a split on the Indigenous Voice has expanded the Senate crossbench and made negotiations more complicated ...

The former minister said he would advocate for a Yes vote in the referendum due before the end of the year. Mr Bandt said he was “truly sorry” to see Senator Thorpe quit the party, saying she left with enormous respect. New figures from the Australian Electoral Commission show Indigenous voter enrolment is climbing ahead of the vote. Connect with Tom on [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) [Phillip Coorey](/by/phillip-coorey-hve1e)is the political editor based in Canberra. The Greens announced their support for the Voice proposal on Monday night, but Senator Thorpe was opposed. Connect with Phillip on [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) After lengthy negotiations, the first tranche of IR legislation was passed with only ACT independent David Pocock’s support, and that of the Greens. This is my goal.” In a speech on Monday, Coalition Indigenous affairs spokesman Julian Leeser said the poll showed support was soft for the Voice, and the debate “hangs in the balance.” Mr Bandt said the Greens remained central to the balance of power in the Senate. Announcing her decision after a meeting of MPs on Monday, Senator Thorpe said she would vote with the Greens on climate legislation, but declared herself a leader of the “Black sovereign movement”. [Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe](https://www.afr.com/link/follow-20180101-p5cfuz) quit the Greens on Monday, moving to the crossbench over her opposition to the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

Lidia Thorpe could not represent the Black Sovereign Movement fully within the Greens, and is now able to speak freely on the issue without being ...

He said he hoped Thorpe and the Greens “will continue to work closely together on important issues given their strong policy alignment”. Bandt said he had confirmed with Thorpe that under the Greens’ constitution she could vote as she wished on The Voice. I’m ready for what comes next in the fight for a future where our kids are with their families, where our people are not killed in custody, where the chains that the system wraps around our people are lifted”. “Now I will be able to speak freely on all issues from a Sovereign perspective without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions.” Thorpe said while First Nations sovereignty was crucial, “so is saving lives today”. She was required to repeat the oath using only the proper words. Thorpe previously indicated she would vote against the Voice if its establishment would cede First Nations sovereignty. Thorpe entered the Senate in 2020 filling a casual vacancy left by former Greens leader Richard Di Natale. Her departure, though a blow for the Greens, is not entirely bad news for them. Her defection complicates the Senate position for the government. It also comes before the Greens this week formally announce their position on the Voice. Lambie has expressed concern about the Voice.

The controversial Victorian Senator had clashed with leader Adam Bandt and other colleagues over her opposition to the Voice to Parliament. Ms Thorpe said she ...

Now, I will be able to speak freely, on all issues, from a sovereign perspective, without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions," she said outside Parliament on Monday. Try 1 month free. 25+ news channels in 1 place.

The No campaign unites Jacinta Price and ex-charities tsar whose organisation deregistered her charity.

It marked an end to what Assistant Minister for Charities Andrew Leigh called “the Liberals’ nine-year war” on the sector. These weren’t lodged with the Charities Commission because of an “administrative error”, “primarily because the company was in the process of deregistration”. As for Johns, he resigned from his position as charities tsar last June, a few months before the end of his five-year term. Yet by August 2019, its charity status had been revoked by the commission as a “double defaulter”, for twice failing to submit financial records. Though it seems the Charities Commission ended up forcing the issue first. Price and Johns are now both founding members of Recognise A Better Way, a new body formed to campaign against a constitutional Indigenous Voice to parliament.

Senator Lidia Thorpe's decision to quit the Greens to represent "a strong grassroots black sovereign movement" has left some wondering what the movement is ...

"The Greens still strongly believe that a Treaty should come first. We have secured commitments from the government that they will proceed with Truth and Treaty as well as Voice, and we will be holding the government to account on this. She has also campaigned for a treaty between First Nations people and the government to be the priority over the Voice, but the government says a Voice is needed to work on the treaty, which could take years and successive governments to negotiate. "We say that sovereignty is self-determination of ourselves, that we have the right to practise our culture, the right to practise our religion, the right to practise our lore," Mr Coe said. In the centuries since, black sovereignty has become a political movement and shorthand for self-determination for First Nations people, meaning they are empowered to control their own affairs and practice their own lore as they see fit. But the decision has left some wondering what the black sovereignty movement is and how it differs from a Voice to parliament.

Former Labor advisor Darrin Barnett says Senator Lidia Thorpe quitting the Greens Party is a “good” change for the yes campaign and Uluru Statement from the ...

Victorian Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe has defected from the Greens to sit on the crossbench, declaring she wants to fully represent the “Blak Sovereign ...

Bandt said he had confirmed with Thorpe that under the Greens’ constitution she could vote as she wished on The Voice. He said he hoped Thorpe and the Greens “will continue to work closely together on important issues given their strong policy alignment”. I’m ready for what comes next in the fight for a future where our kids are with their families, where our people are not killed in custody, where the chains that the system wraps around our people are lifted”. “The Greens still strongly believe that a Treaty should come first. “Now I will be able to speak freely on all issues from a Sovereign perspective without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions.” Thorpe said while First Nations sovereignty was crucial, “so is saving lives today”. Thorpe previously indicated she would vote against the Voice if its establishment would cede First Nations sovereignty. She was required to repeat the oath using only the proper words. Thorpe entered the Senate in 2020 filling a casual vacancy left by former Greens leader Richard Di Natale. Her defection complicates the Senate position for the government. Her departure, though a blow for the Greens, is not entirely bad news for them. It also comes before the Greens this week formally announce their position on the Voice.

Thorpe, a Djab Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjamara woman, made the announcement on Monday, the first parliamentary sitting day of 2023, sending shockwaves through ...

Greens leader Adam Bandt has announced that the Greens will officially back the “Yes” vote in the upcoming referendum on a Voice to Parliament. Thorpe has said she will continue to support The Greens’ position on issues relating to climate change, but wants to use her position in parliament to advocate for a treaty first. “This country has a strong grassroots Blak sovereign movement, full of staunch and committed warriors, and I want to represent that movement fully in this Parliament,” she said on Monday.

Former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe will receive a $1 million payday after quitting her party to pursue “black sovereignty”.

Now, I will be able to speak freely, on all issues, from a sovereign perspective, without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions.” I can’t do that from within the Greens,"— Pablo Viñales (@pablovinales) “This country has a strong grassroots black sovereign movement, full of staunch and committed warriors, and I want to represent that movement fully, and this parliament,’’ she said. Senator Thorpe sensationally quit her party on Monday over a worsening rift within the party about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. Try 1 month free.

First Nations senator Lidia Thorpe has moved to the cross bench after quitting the Greens over her position on Indigenous issues.

“She’s paid by the taxpayer to be a senator for Victoria, and I will simply ask her to reflect on that.” Opposition leader in the Senate Simon Birmingham also said the Coalition would work with whoever was on the cross bench to hold the government to account. “We’ve had discussions with the Greens and with Senator Thorpe and with others about important parts of our agenda so far,” he said.

Former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says Lidia Thorpe has “stolen” a seat from the Greens, and she's "not even willing to resign". “It obviously makes the ...

New independent senator Lidia Thorpe reveals she has never been invited to attend the referendum working group, despite the federal government extending ...

"We need a treaty. If we go back to Jan (January) 26 last year, I've had the far right threaten me. She told the ABC she would spend the remainder of the term being a "voice" for the Black sovereign movement and didn't expect to recontest her seat. "I've never been invited. "I think that the parliament failed to protect me. "I question the government and the prime minister as to why Peter Dutton was invited to meet with the working groups, and not the grassroots Black sovereign movement," Senator Thorpe said.

James Conlan said Thorpe had been abandoned by her own party and he was resigning in opposition to the Greens' rejection of grassroots democracy.

“As a member of the queer community, I understand the history of police violence and state repression against my community,” he said. “The process is very flawed,” he told The Age. A Greens councillor in Melbourne’s inner-north has resigned from the party in solidarity with Lidia Thorpe and called out what he described as structural racism in the party.

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And it will be a conversation that we need to have. We don’t want to fight each other out in public, we want to unite, but we have to ensure that we get some wins along the way.” I am a senator.