Lidia Thorpe

A threat from Independent senator Lidia Thorpe to “burn down” Parliament House in solidarity with Palestine has received widespread backlash.

Lidia Thorpe has said she will use the Senate’s censure motion “for kindling”, after her protest against King Charles III’s visit to Canberra last month was deemed “disrespectful and disruptive”.

Lidia Thorpe was escorted from the Great Hall at Parliament House earlier today after the independent senator interrupted the reception of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Queensland minister Leanne Enoch has said the abuse she has received in the lead up to referendum is racially charged and misogynistic. 

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has announced her retirement from politics when her term expires in 2028. 

Lidia Thorpe has said she will lodge a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission against the Greens for racism.

Lidia Thorpe was pulled to the ground by police as she attempted to interrupt anti-trans campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull.

Thorpe has resigned as Greens deputy leader in the Senate, following reports that she did not disclose a past relationship with a former bikie.

At last night’s Midwinter Ball, Greens Senators making a statement with their opulent gowns emblazoned with strong environmental messages.

In light of reports of a sickening act of racial violence in Western Australia, Senator Lidia Thorpe has said there are clear links between politics of hate and acts of hate.

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe says there is can be no separation of climate justice from First Nations justice, and that Australia must establish a treaty with Indigenous people.

An ancient yellow box tree with cultural significance to Australia’s Djab Wurrung women has been felled by the Victorian government.