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Senator
Lidia Thorpe
Senator for Victoria
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 September 2020
Preceded by
Richard Di Natale
Deputy Leader of the Greens in the Senate
In office 10 June 2022 – 20 October 2022
Leader
Adam Bandt
Preceded by
Office established
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Northcote
In office 18 November 2017 – 24 November 2018
Preceded by
Fiona Richardson
Succeeded by
Kat Theophanous
Personal details
Born
Lidia Alma Thorpe
1973 (age 50–51) Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Independent (since 2023)
Other political affiliations
Greens (until 2023)
Children
3
Relatives
Alma Thorpe (grandmother)
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Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian independent politician. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. She was a member of the Australian Greens until February 2023 when she quit the party over disagreements concerning the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament.[1] She had also 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 and served as the member for the division of Northcote in the Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2018.[2]
Thorpe has received media attention for her criticism of the legitimacy of Australian political institutions, which she views as stemming from colonialism.[3]
^Kolovos, Benita; Karp, Paul (6 February 2023). "Senator Lidia Thorpe quits Greens party to pursue black sovereignty". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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^"Senator Lidia Thorpe makes international headlines after 'colonising Queen' oath". SBS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian independent politician. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal...
Upon election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017, Senator LidiaThorpe was inducted into her position wearing a traditional bosom fur cloth...
Senator LidiaThorpe annoys the establishment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2022. "2011 Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll - Alma Thorpe". State...
Netherlands, and the United States were also seen wearing keffiyeh, and LidiaThorpe wore keffiyeh while speaking in the Australian Senate to condemn Australian...
Coalition decreasing to 57 seats. On 6 February 2023, Greens Senator LidiaThorpe resigned from the party to sit as an Independent. On 1 April 2023, Labor's...
the auspices of Advance. Blak Sovereign Movement, including Senator LidiaThorpe, who spoke at the National Press Club on 16 August. The government launched...
sovereignty movement such as Michael Mansell in Tasmania and Senator LidiaThorpe in Victoria did not support the Voice, on the basis that it would affect...
James Conlan (Merri-bek) left the party in solidarity with senator LidiaThorpe, Amanda Stone (Yarra) resigned in February 2023, and Anab Mohamud (Yarra)...
2019. In June 2023, Van was accused of sexual misconduct by Senator LidiaThorpe and former Senator Amanda Stoker. In response, he was expelled from the...
"LidiaThorpe to face censure motion amid calls to resign from Senate over bikie relationship". "Albanese considers parliament censure against Lidia Thorpe"...
candidate Mandy Nolan. On 6 February 2023, Victorian Greens senator LidiaThorpe announced that she would resign from the Greens to become an independent...
Parliament after LidiaThorpe quits party". Ruben, Emma (6 February 2023). "Greens leader Adam Bandt 'truly sad' to see LidiaThorpe leave party". National...
Legislative Assembly at the 2017 Northcote state by-election, which was won by LidiaThorpe. In the 2018 state election, the Greens lost Northcote to Labor MP Kat...
Senator Steve Martin being expelled from the Jacqui Lambie Network, and LidiaThorpe resigning from the Australian Greens. The Australian Senate serves as...
was elected unopposed to replace Di Natale for the leadership role. LidiaThorpe was selected by Greens members to fill the Senate vacancy caused by Di...
Thorpe as new Senator Archived 9 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Canberra Times, 4 September 2019. Evans, Jake (6 February 2023). "Senator Lidia Thorpe...
Cinematographer/director Vincent Monton Actor George Spartels Polltician LidiaThorpe (Years 7 and 9) Writer Helen Garner, former MP Caroline Hogg, former...
1971/1972), writer Albert Mullet (1933-2014), community leader and craftsman LidiaThorpe, Victorian Greens Politician, former MP for Northcote. First Aboriginal...
successor, Maria Kovacic, was appointed as his replacement on 31 May 2023. LidiaThorpe, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Greens on 6 February 2023 to...
Victorian Greens senator and the first Victorian Aboriginal senator, LidiaThorpe; the Herald Sun's lead football writer, Mark Robinson; indigenous former...
in 2017: Labor's Clare Burns lost a state by-election in Northcote to LidiaThorpe of the Greens, though Labor had held the seat since its creation in 1927...
James Conlan (Merri-bek) left the party in solidarity with senator LidiaThorpe, Amanda Stone (Yarra) resigned in February 2023, and Anab Mohamud (Yarra)...
February 2024. Remeikis, Amy (28 February 2024). "Australia politics live: LidiaThorpe accuses Senate chair of being 'asleep' amid chaotic end to evening session"...
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