Victorian Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the Greens and moved to the crossbench over a split on the Indigenous Voice to parliament referendum.
has quit the Greens and moved to the crossbench over a split on the Indigenous Voice to parliament referendum, complicating the Senate arithmetic for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
She has called on Labor to immediately implement recommendations from the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Bringing Them Home report on the Stolen Generations legacy.A DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman, Senator Thorpe said advocating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice had become impossible inside the Greens.
“I want to continue my negotiations with the government. First Nations sovereignty is crucial but so is saving lives today. It also means non-government senators have a majority in the chamber for disallowance motions, potentially putting at risk some Labor regulation.
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