Greens appoint Dorinda Cox as First Nations spokesperson to replace Lidia Thorpe

Senator Dorinda Cox has been named as the Greens’ new First Nations spokesperson after the resignation of Lidia Thorpe from the party. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Dorinda Cox has been appointed as the Greens’ new First Nations spokesperson after Lidia Thorpe’s departure from the party.

Cox, a Yamatji-Noongar woman, has been handed the job as the party campaigns for a yes vote in the upcoming voice to parliament referendum.