As Lidia Thorpe privately prepared for political life after the Greens and as an independent Senate crossbencher, cross bench veterans say she takes her place in a world of round-the-clock political wrangling and power games – one in which the radical could struggle to hold her own.
Senator Thorpe has in recent days put feelers out to colleagues outside the Greens party room, The New Daily understands, and discussed building a new political network as she prepares for the national profile and nonstop negotiations that come with a new seat at the centre of political life.
