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Soaliha Iqbal

Lidia Thorpe Has Quit The Greens So She Can Keep Fighting For First Nations Sovereignty

Icon, legend and Senator Lidia Thorpe has announced she’s resigning from the Greens and will move to the crossbench so she can more openly advocate for Blak sovereignty. Thorpe, the first Aboriginal senator from Victoria, made the announcement on Monday afternoon and revealed part of the reason she was leaving was so she could have the freedom to critique the Voice to Parliament.

“I have told Greens [leader] Adam Bandt and the Senate president that I am resigning from the Greens to sit on the Senate crossbench,” Thorpe said in the presser.

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