Lidia Thorpe says she does not want to be a “thorn in the side” of the Albanese government as it pursues a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament, but argues First Nations people should not be asked to set aside decades-long struggles in pursuit of an advisory body.
Speaking to Guardian Australia last month, the Djab Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman would not say whether she would vote yes on the referendum, based on the proposed draft wording of the question.
