Thorpe served as the Greens' deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2022. Thorpe has previously been a member of the Victorian Parliament. On winning the Northcote state by-election on 18 November 2017, she became the first known Aboriginal woman elected to the state's parliament.

Sep 4, 2020 · Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate from 10.6.2022 to 20.10.2022. Australian Greens Spokesperson on First Nations, the Republic and Sport from 17.6.2022 to 6.2.2023. Independent Whip from 7.2.2023.

Feb 6, 2023 · 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 common ground with her colleagues.

Feb 6, 2023 · Senator Lidia Thorpe announced on Monday that she would be leaving the Greens. Thorpe had split with the Greens over the Indigenous Voice to parliament, which she opposes. Thorpe was elected at...

Feb 6, 2023 · Senator Lidia Thorpe announces she is resigning from the Greens party and moving to the cross bench at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Thorpe, an Indigenous senator, has quit the minor Greens party in an disagreement over a referendum to be held this year that would create an Indigenous Voice ...

Feb 6, 2023 · Thorpe, who last year was elected to a six-year Senate term, will take with her some supporters — particularly among the Indigenous community — but support for the Voice from the Greens would neatly align the party with its support base. Anthony Albanese is likely breathing a sigh of relief.

Feb 6, 2023 · Senator Lidia Thorpe will join the ranks of the cross bench in the nation's upper chamber, following an unexpected announcement Monday afternoon that she was leaving the Australian Greens.

Feb 6, 2023 · Senator Lidia Thorpe has resigned from the Greens to move to the crossbench to pursue the "Black sovereignty movement". DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman Thorpe, who has been a member of federal parliament since 2020, announced her decision to quit the party on Monday.

Feb 7, 2023 · Earlier on Tuesday, Senator Thorpe took her new seat as an independent senator, a role in which she plans to advance the Black sovereign movement. She split from the federal Greens over her stance on the Voice to Parliament, which the Greens late last night announced they would support.

Feb 6, 2023 · Senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the Greens and will move to the crossbench as an independent to pursue a campaign for truth and treaty before a Voice to Parliament, as leader of what she called the ...