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.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleSenator Lidia Thorpe has quit the federal Greens after failing to find common ground with her party on a Voice to Parliament.Thorpe was a vocal opponent of the Voice, which most Greens voters support"This country has a strong grassroots black sovereign movement, full of staunch and committed warriors, and I want to represent that movement fully," Senator Thorpe said.
But while the federal Greens are yet to formally commit to supporting the Voice in a referendum, disagreement between Senator Thorpe and the party on how to respond has been publicly acknowledged. While she did not take questions from reporters, Senator Thorpe flagged she would still vote with the Greens on climate change.
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