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Thorpe attacks $4,000-a-head Labor event amid death in custody concerns
Senator Lidia Thorpe has renewed her criticism of the cost of a Labor Party busi...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Apr 2026
First Nations MPs express their condolences as Parliament mourns Bondi attack victims
First Nations politicians have offered condolences following the Bondi attacks d...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Jan 2026
'Extraordinary levels of racism remain' across Australia, with calls for new, unifying national day
In the lead-up to January 26, Aboriginal leaders have noted "extraordinary level...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Jan 2026
PM urged to intervene as states push laws increasing child incarceration
The Prime Minister must take leadership to stop state and territory governments...
Dechlan Brennan 27 Nov 2025
Australia urged to pressure Indonesia over alleged atrocities in West Papua
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the Australian Government to pres...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Nov 2025
Thorpe changes tune on Senate future

Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe has appeared to walk back on a previous pledge to leave federal politics at the end of her current parliamentary term, saying she will run again.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 29, 2025
Indigenous group says Bringing Them Home report shows way forward in dispute with church

Elders and Stolen Generation victims connected to an Indigenous community service on the old Sister Kate's Children's Home in Perth's south-east have urged government leaders to broker a deal with the...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Jan 7, 2025
Thorpe urges federal action after no penalty issued for Defence Housing's Lee Point clearing breach

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called for federal intervention after it was revealed Defence Housing Australia would not be reprimanded for allegedly illegally clearing land.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 26, 2024
Lidia Thorpe in Senate push to investigate racism in parliament

Senators Lidia Thorpe and Mehreen Faruqi will ask the Senate's procedure committee to investigate racism in parliament. The two senators, who were party colleagues before Senator Thorpe quit the Green...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 25, 2024
Lidia Thorpe calls for urgent funding for struggling community legal sector

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called for urgent funding for community legal centres as some are reportedly having to turn away 1,000 people a day.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 21, 2024
"Very difficult" to pursue Makarrata without bipartisan support, Malarndirri McCarthy says

Newly announced Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, has said the Makarrata Commission would be "very difficult" to pursue without bipartisan support.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 12, 2024
Lidia Thorpe accuses Labor of "double-speak" over support of truth-telling commission

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has criticised the federal government's apparent abandonment of the truth-telling element of the Makarrata commission, arguing the government is engaged in "double-spe...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 7, 2024
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