Senator Lidia Thorpe quits Greens over divisions on Voice to Parliament

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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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Why the red hand? Symbol of authenticity? So how would she fair in the midday sun?

Hopefully it’s not long before we see and hear the last of her

Orio

good. when is she going to quit the senate?

She reminds me of Pauline

This woman is all about getting for 5 minutes of fame she has no commitment to indigenous people she is an embarrassment to them. At least her ancestors tried to make a difference she needs to put her money where her mouth is and get rid of the earrings.

She should have quit when she was dating one of Australia's largest organised crime bosses whilst in charge of the police investigation into organised crime. Better late than never.

Yes you are the greens indigenous spokesperson, unless you go against the party, then they tell you to shut up and follow the party line

Always the victim

The Greens are well rid of her!

Good riddance biker trash

She should quit the senate too, then she can seek reelection as a black sovereignty warrior

Insipid human just wants to spread hate!

😂😂😂

No one cares.

All those talking politicians Words are easy, words are cheap Much cheaper than our priceless land But promises can disappear Just like writing in the sand Treaty Yeh Treaty Now

What a rabble. A poisonous rabble. Whoever voted for that piece of work owes the rest of us an apology.

The “voice” seems un-necessary at face value, just divisive, can’t we all just be treated the same regardless of what happened years ago.

I'm a member of the WA Greens who sees Thorpe's stance as one of rank hypocrisy. She is happy to claim a powerful voice for herself in the Parliament, having abandoned the party which got her there, and is set to sabotage a voice for the First Nations ppl of Australia. Shameful.

The only way to address black lives in custody, is to address internal systematic problems in First Nation communities. No Government or amount of money can force someone to behave in a responsible and law abiding way. Only the individual can make such choices.

If you run for one party pre election the post election resign then that seat should be up for election again, this should also be in the constitution

She was not elected on this basis

So ABC, does that now make her racist against the indigenous? Obviously cause of her lack of support for the Voice

Her voters were dupped by her lies and misrepresentation being voted in on the Green's card.

Quelle surprise. I voted BTL for the Greens last time, in order to avoid giving Thorpe a vote. She was never a team player, just another pretender who stole a seat in Parliament on false pretences.

She is hated by a lot of Koori people. They can’t stand the derisive race baiter.

A shame she still is in parliament she is as divisive as the voice , no to both

“Strong grassroots black sovereign movement” 😂😂😂😂GTF out 😂😂 been smoking to much of your own grassroots Lidia . Now resign you hypocrite 👍💥

Next important, just another headline seeker . Trouble is she will be in parliament for a lot more years, with us taxpayers having to pay her a lot of wasted money.

Resign from Greens

On the Webb ! Parliament of Australia. Qualifications. No one can hold office if they are a undischarged bankrupt or insolvent and I understand this woman still owes thousands to some Aboriginal organisation she was part off so what’s wrong with the other members of parliament.?

They didn't even have the 'balls' to sack her AdamBandt

She shouldn't be allowed to keep her senate seat. She didn't get the votes personally, the party got the votes and gave the seat to her. It is their seat not hers.

Why is it that the government expressed concern last week about some obscure Sovereign Citizens movement but no one bats an eye when we have a senator who states she is a champion a ‘Blak Sovereignty’ movement?

Mole

If it was an average person outside of Coles acting like her, we would call either the police or welfare. Why is her rude behaviour acceptable because she is in politics?

What a terrific move. Now do us all a big favor and quit ya senate seat

Puppet

Most of these deadshits couldn’t even tie their own shoelaces - but hey, let’s give em a chance to aid in running the country 🙄

Bernardi should have resigned, she should resign!

Good news

Thorpe is a racist grub. Should not hold a seat.

Looks like Aboriginal Australia just found their Voice. Go get them Lidia

Its funny how the majority of people that know the voice won't work are Aboriginal or from the outback, but no the condescending folk think they know better

Not much sympathy for the Greens. When you pick someone who courts the spotlight it’s always a good possibility they’ll become an independent at some point. So many examples across the political spectrum.

Which outlaw motorcycle gang does Lidia run with? The Blak Uhlans?

For goodness sakes Vote yes to the voice so you can have your say so you can then bring up the issues that matter - it has to at least start with a voice!!!

She will be remembered as a one term senator anyway.The Greens must have had a bad hair day to choose this inept and divisive candidate

On ya bike

I thought only Labor used the Greens like a doormat.

Bye Lidia, thanks for playing

Shes like an indigenous Donald Trump! Complete narcissist!

I will mark this day in my diary as the first time I have ever agreed with Lydia Thorpe. This is why it’s important to play the ball not the opponent. Sometimes even the crazy can get it right.

Another ego who gets into office on the party ticket only to jump ship...

Not surprised. BLM activist style politics doesn’t work here.

MOVE ON! if Britain didn't come here you would have all been slaughtered by the Japanese anyway.

Self promoter Lidia Thorpe has zero integrity as she isn’t resigning her senate seat. She used the Greens & they have got what they deserve for courting her ,unfortunately Australia doesn’t deserve another divisive MP like Thorpe,Pauline Hanson is bad enough Auspol Grifters

Well that’s amazing … great piece of news I also hear there’s a cat up a tree on collins street garbAGE

What does “sovereign movement” mean?

She belongs in PRISON! Corrupt, corrupt woman. Corruption with the bikie boss and then calling for war against non-Aboriginals. War Seriously? PUT HER IN GAOL.

SenatorThorpe She's unhinged and is out to cause as much trouble as possible!! 25 thousand or most probably less marched on Australia day 🇦🇺 whilst millions upon millions celebrated the greatest country on earth. resign from parliament and stop taking money from the white man!!

Hey ABC! why are you using this pic and not one from today when she made the announcement? Are you turning into a tabloid? Lift up your game! Don't go low!

Just a shitstirring woman who should be exiled to the outback and live as her ancestors did.

Don't stop at the Green's, quit everything, become one of the world's biggest recluses and disappear............

Woke left angry vicious extremists like her are a massive danger to society.

This probably didn't go down well in the party room.

This just confirms how divisive the Voice is amongst ALL Australians. AdamBandt chose to make the voice a party issue rather then an individual choice. He also chose to ignore SenatorThorpe who is a First Nations member. Why didn’t he listen?

Another black women silenced by white folks

She wants to quit the country ( still get her $230k in Au dollars ) and they are worried about quitting I Greens?

Greens: sigh of relief.

A vile reptile if ever there was one .

She is a dangerous fraudster who has gamed our political system to now sit in the Senate under false pretences for years on big bucks. Well done Greens.

Good. So few of you understand that we want SOVEREIGNTY. ie we are NOT Australians. We don't want your laws, your politicians, your court system, your police, your benefits, None of it. But you enforce those things on us anyway. So we have no choice but to fight.

I'd like to congratulate the Greens on becoming just a little bit less racist. 👏

Good!! I am totally and absolutely committed to a YES vote for The Voice. Thorpe is a negative and separatist politician. She is not interested in uniting Australia, which is now a multicultural nation that needs all sections of the population to be supported.

I've gone through all the replies on all MSM sites. Literally, no one had anything positive to say about her. Who the f**k voted for her?

Moving onto the next grift

Wow, did not see that happening 🙄

She just used the greens in infiltrate parliament she said that ages ago

Without question the most racist person in the Australian parliament

Lidia got Senate seat as a Green. So the honourable thing to do is to quit her seat in Senate. But I’m not holding my breath!!

Before she goes around saying white Australia has blood on its hands she should check her own culture out and she's a half caste true Aboriginal people hate her and what she represents

Now to get her out of Parliament and into irrelevance where she belongs.

Just like she planned. What a grubby person she is.

It looks like the Voice ship is sinking under the weight of lies and contradictions.

Good riddance to bad rubbish

SenatorThorpe is not helping the indigenous ppl at all, all she is doing is divide Australia when we should be going forward she is just another self-indulgent politician..

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