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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Greens to back voice after Thorpe quits; deadly Turkey earthquake; and Beyoncé breaks Grammys record

Lidia Thorpe
Lidia Thorpe resigns from the Greens party. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Good afternoon. Senator Lidia Thorpe and the Greens have parted ways after failing to reconcile disparate views on the Indigenous voice to parliament.

Thorpe, who has insisted on a “treaty before voice”, will now sit on the crossbench where she says she “will be able to speak freely on all issues from a sovereign perspective without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions”.

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