Lidia Thorpe wants a Treaty first and has dismissed the Voice as a powerless advisory body which she is threatening to oppose unless she is satisfied that 'First Nations sovereignty is not ceded'.
abc.net.au/news/federal-greens-retreat-bandt-thorpe-voice-to-parliament/101911324The 16 members of the Greens are embarking on a two-day retreat in Victoria, before federal parliament returns, to thrash out their internal differences over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
As the grassroots campaigns for the Yes and No sides take shape, and Australians ready themselves to vote in the country's first referendum in 24 years, insiders predict the Greens will ultimately endorse the Voice and allow Senator Thorpe to break ranks and vote no. "I'm a Yanyuwa Garrwa woman from the Gulf of Carpentaria. We've never ceded. Do you think I would stand by and let that happen?," Senator McCarthy"So, please, it is a misnomer. Sovereignty will not be taken over or lost in this process."Senator Thorpe, who was also on the Q+A panel, said she wanted that assurance written in legislation or in the constitution, a demand the government is almost certain to reject.
"The High Court has recognised that Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders are subject to Commonwealth, State and Territory laws, along with everyone else in Australia," she said.
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