Lidia Thorpe
Australian politician
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This was a known perpetrator. There are questions about how this could happen so soon after his release from custody,
- said independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, who is IndigenousCNNcnn.com/2026/05…
If the weak Liberal chair won't pull her up for screaming like a banshee, I will,
- she continued, before directing her fury at the Greens, Thorpe's former partyDaily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Oh, sit down, sit down, sit down, you're an absolute disgrace.
- Thorpe fired back, telling the One Nation leaderDaily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…
What happened in Perth was not a minor incident,
- Thorpe said in a statementGuardiantheguardian.com/australia/news…
We cannot celebrate a day that marks the beginning of genocide and displacement,
- said Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous activist and former senatorInternational Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/extreme/heat…
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