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Lidia Alma Thorpe [6] was born on 18 August 1973 [7] [1] in Carlton, Victoria, [8] [9] to Roy Illingworth [10] and Marjorie Thorpe. [4] She is of English, Irish, [10] Djab Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara descent. [11] Thorpe grew up in Housing Commission flats in Collingwood and went to Gold Street Primary School in Clifton Hill. [4]
The Senate's censure, which passed 46-12, described Thorpe's actions as "disrespectful and disruptive" and said they should disqualify her from representing the chamber as a member of any delegation.
Australian senator Lidia Thorpe tore up a copy of a motion censuring her for protesting against King Charles during his October visit when she accused him of genocide against Indigenous people. Ms ...
The censure of independent Sen. Lidia Thorpe is a symbolic gesture that records her colleagues’ disapproval of her conduct during the first visit to Australia by a British monarch in 13 years. The motion was carried 46 votes to 12. Government leader in the Senate Penny Wong said Thorpe’s outburst sought to “incite outrage and grievance.”
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022. [1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2022. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 21 May 2022. [2]
‘Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us – our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people’, she shouted
On 20 June Thorpe joined the official No campaign, [136] after she had voted No to the referendum bill in the Senate on 19 June. [ 137 ] [ 138 ] On 20 July, Thorpe released her own pamphlet advocating against the Voice, criticising both the official Yes and No pamphlets, and claiming that she had been unfairly excluded from contributing to the ...
Lidia Thorpe, 51, an outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights, shouted at the King in a fiery address during his royal reception in Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday.