Lidia Thorpe

Summary

Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian independent politician. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. She was a member of the Australian Greens until February 2023 when she quit the party over disagreements concerning the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament.[1] She had also served as the Greens' deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2022.

Lidia Thorpe
Senator for Victoria
Assumed office
4 September 2020
Preceded byRichard Di Natale
Deputy Leader of the Greens in the Senate
In office
10 June 2022 – 20 October 2022
LeaderAdam Bandt
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Northcote
In office
18 November 2017 – 24 November 2018
Preceded byFiona Richardson
Succeeded byKat Theophanous
Personal details
Born
Lidia Alma Thorpe

1973 (age 50–51)
Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Political partyIndependent (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Greens (until 2023)
Children3
RelativesAlma Thorpe (grandmother)
Signature

Thorpe has previously been a member of the Victorian Parliament. On winning the Northcote state by-election on 18 November 2017 she became the first known Aboriginal woman elected to the state's parliament and served as the member for the division of Northcote in the Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2018.[2]

Thorpe has received media attention for her criticism of the legitimacy of Australian political institutions, which she views as stemming from colonialism.[3]

Early life and education edit

Lidia Alma Thorpe[4] was born in 1973 in Carlton, Victoria,[5][6] to Roy Illingworth[7] and Marjorie Thorpe.[2] She is of English, Irish,[7] DjabWurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara descent.[8]

Thorpe grew up in Housing Commission flats in Collingwood and went to Gold Street Primary School in Clifton Hill.[2] She studied Year 7 at Fitzroy High School, Year 8 at Collingwood High, returned to Fitzroy High for Year 9, but left soon afterwards, at the age of 14. She plays Australian rules football and netball.[9]

Her first job was working with her uncle Robbie Thorpe at the Koori Information Centre at 120 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, which at that time was "a hub of Black political activity".[2] She says that from that day onwards, she has worked continuously, apart from six-month breaks after the births of each of her children.[9]

She holds a Diploma of Community Development from Swinburne University of Technology, a graduate certificate in public sector management and a Certificate IV Indigenous Leadership.[10]

She became a single mother at the age of 17.[9]

Early career edit

Thorpe has worked as the Aboriginal employment adviser for the Municipal Association of Victoria and was president of the Lakes Entrance Basketball Association for three years.[citation needed] She has also been a member of the school council of the Nowa Nowa Primary School, a steering committee for Indigenous administrators and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Victoria).[citation needed] She worked as a project manager with the East Gippsland Shire Council,[11] Indigenous manager at Centrelink and manager at Lake Tyers Aboriginal Training Centre.[10]

Thorpe was the co-chair of the Victorian NAIDOC Committee from 2014 to 2017.[12][13][14][11]

In 2013, Thorpe was declared bankrupt with over A$700,000 in debts, including monies owed to Indigenous Business Australia and A$55,000 owed to the Australian Taxation Office. She said that her bankruptcy resulted from domestic violence, stating "like many survivors of family violence, I ended up losing everything in a bid to protect myself and my family from an impossible situation".[15] Her ex-husband, who was an alcoholic, confirmed her account of the marriage breakdown.[2] She was discharged from bankruptcy in 2016.[9]

Political career edit

Victorian Legislative Assembly edit

 
Thorpe at a rally in Melbourne in 2019

Thorpe won the seat of Northcote at the 2017 by-election on 18 November 2017 after receiving 45.22% of the primary vote, which became 50.93% after the distribution of preferences.[16] She was sworn in as a member of parliament on 28 November 2017 and delivered her first speech to the assembly the following day.[17][18] Thorpe was the Australian Greens Victoria portfolio holder for Aboriginal Justice, Consumer Affairs, Skills and Training, Sport and Mental Health.[8][10]

In May 2018, she organised a historic gathering of Aboriginal Elders at the Parliament of Victoria to discuss the state's treaty processes.[2] The meeting was organised as part of Thorpe's campaign to implement clan-based treaties, which would recognise the approximately 100 Aboriginal clans in Victoria. At the time, Thorpe said: "Our sovereignty and each of our language groups and our Clans must be clearly recognised in the government's treaty advancement legislation."[19] The delegation of clan elders unanimously agreed to form an elders council. Thorpe supported the Victorian Government's 2018 treaty bill, but stated that she would continue to push for clan sovereignty to be recognised as the treaty process advances.[20]

Thorpe lost her seat to Labor candidate Kat Theophanous at the 2018 Victorian state election,[21] with her term finishing on 19 December 2018.[10] She told ABC Radio Melbourne: "We need to have a good look at ourselves and have a review of what this election has done to our party, losing quite a considerable amount of Greens members." She said Labor ran a "dirty campaign" against her but conceded that negative coverage due to internal party scandals had also contributed to her defeat.[21]

Parliament of Australia edit

 
Thorpe being sworn into parliament in October 2020

In June 2020, Thorpe was preselected by Victorian Greens members to fill the federal Senate vacancy caused by former leader Richard Di Natale's resignation.[22] She was appointed to the vacancy at a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament on 4 September and sworn in on 6 October 2020.[23][24] She is the first Aboriginal woman to represent Victoria in the Senate and is the first Aboriginal federal parliamentarian from the Greens.[22][23]

Following the May 2022 federal election, at which she was re-elected, Thorpe was elected by the Greens party room as the party's deputy leader in the Senate.[25][5]

Resignation from Greens' deputy leadership edit

On 20 October 2022, Thorpe resigned from her position as Greens' deputy leader in the Senate, shortly after ABC News revealed that in 2021 she had dated the ex-president of the Rebels outlaw bikie gang, Dean Martin. At the time of the relationship, she had held the justice portfolio for the Greens and had been serving on the joint parliamentary law enforcement committee, so had been privy to confidential briefings about bikie gangs and organised crime. Thorpe had not disclosed the relationship, and it was only revealed when her staff notified party leader Adam Bandt's office and an independent parliamentary authority. Her staff became aware of the relationship in mid-2021. In August 2021, when confidential law enforcement committee briefing documents concerning motorcycle gangs arrived in her office hours after Thorpe had met Martin. One of her staffers urged her to inform Bandt but she failed to do so. She told the staffer that "she was being really careful": she used encrypted social media to communicate with Martin. Conversations were deleted weekly, and they never met at either one's home. The matter was referred to the Australian Federal Police. Thorpe said that she continues to be friends with Martin.[26][27][28] Martin had been president of the Rebels in Victoria, and had been charged and pleaded guilty to liquor offences in 2013.[29]

Following the revelations, Thorpe faced a censure motion in the Senate. ALP senator Helen Polley, the head of the joint parliamentary law enforcement committee, of which Thorpe had been a member, said, with regard to Thorpe's position as a senator: "She should consider if it's the right place for her".[30]

It was also reported on 20 October that following a complaint by one of her staff, the Department of Finance was reviewing the culture of Thorpe's office.[31]

On 24 October, Thorpe referred herself to the Senate privileges committee.[32]

In March 2023, a parliamentary investigation cleared Thorpe of contempt of parliament.[33]

Resignation from the Greens edit

On 6 February 2023, Thorpe announced that she would resign from the Greens to become an independent senator, sitting on the crossbench, over disagreements concerning the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament.[1][34] In a statement, Thorpe stated that "This country has a strong grassroots Blak Sovereign Movement, full of staunch and committed warriors and I want to represent that movement fully in this Parliament. It has become clear to me that I can't do that from within the Greens."[35][36]

Independent senator

During a parliamentary hearing, while questioning the allocation of community safety funding to Northern Territory police forces, Thorpe walked out of a Senate Estimates hearing after being called a "disgrace to her people" by Labor's assistant minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy.[37]

On 14 June 2023, Thorpe gained media attention after she and Amanda Stoker accused Senator David Van of sexually assaulting her during parliament. Van has denied the allegations. He was expelled from the Liberal Party.[38][39][40]

Ongoing roles and interests edit

Thorpe is or has been the delegate for the Lakes Entrance Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, the Victorian representative to the National Advisory Committee for The Smith Family and co-chair of the Victorian NAIDOC Committee.[11]

Activism edit

Thorpe has supported the Pay the Rent campaign, which calls on non-Aboriginal Australians to voluntarily pay reparations through an organisation of the same name.[41]

Thorpe has been critical of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, believing there should be a treaty before an Indigenous voice to government. Thorpe led a walk-out of the Uluru convention, believing that it was "hijacked by Aboriginal corporations and establishment appointments and did not reflect the aspirations of ordinary Indigenous people".[42]

On Australia Day 2019, an inaugural dawn service organised by Thorpe was held at the Kings Domain Resting Place as a day of mourning and reflection on the colonisation of Australia with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in attendance for the ceremony.[43]

Thorpe was removed from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on 25 February 2023 when she had laid down in front of a float in protest against the presence of police.[44]

In March 2023, footage emerged of Thorpe being tackled to the ground by a police officer while attending a demonstration outside of Parliament House. Thorpe was part of a group countering an anti-transgender rights rally which included activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull at Parliament House. Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is believed to be investigating the matter, having sought advice from the commissioner of the Australian Federal Police regarding the matter.[45] Thorpe alleged the treatment by police constituted assault and the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, said the incident was “disturbing and concerning”.[46]

Award edit

Thorpe was awarded the Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership in 2008.[11]

Personal life and family edit

Thorpe's grandmother, Alma Thorpe, was one of the founders of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service[47][48] in 1973, the year of Lidia's birth, and was also involved in the setting up of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.[2] Her mother, Marjorie Thorpe, was a co-commissioner for the Stolen Generations inquiry[2] that produced the Bringing Them Home report in the 1990s and later a member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, and a preselected Greens federal candidate for Gippsland.[9] Both Alma and her mother, Edna Brown, were Koori activists in Footscray and Collingwood.[citation needed] Edna had been forcibly moved out of Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve in 1932, aged 15, before becoming a community activist.[9] Edna was married to James Brown, of Scottish/Australian descent.

Thorpe's sister is Meriki Onus, who co-founded the Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) collective that was a driving force behind the Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty movement.[9]

Her uncle is activist Robbie Thorpe, who is linked to some of the earliest struggles for Aboriginal Australian self-determination, and also involved with the Pay The Rent campaign.[9]

Thorpe has three children[49][8][50] and as of April 2022 has four grandchildren.[9]

Thorpe was reportedly in a relationship with Gavan McFadzean, manager of the Climate Change and Clean Energy Program at the Australian Conservation Foundation, from 2019 to 2022.[51]

Controversies edit

In a speech to Parliament in May 2021, Thorpe commented negatively on new bail laws being introduced into the Northern Territory and made an assumption that the Attorney-General of the Northern Territory was a white male. The attorney-general, Selena Uibo, was an Aboriginal woman.[52] Uibo stated that Thorpe was not qualified to speak on the Northern Territory's issues.[53]

In December 2021, Thorpe interjected to Liberal senator Hollie Hughes "at least I keep my legs shut", during a Senate discussion about people living with disabilities. When challenged on the remark, Thorpe told the Chamber: "I just got a view of something over there that disturbed me. But I'm happy to retract.” Hughes believed the statement was in reference to her autistic son, and was reportedly left in tears.[54] Later in the evening, Thorpe admitted to "inappropriate remarks" and apologised, but denied any reference to Hughes's son.[55]

In December 2021, following a fire that damaged the Old Parliament House in Canberra, Thorpe was criticised for tweeting "Seems like the colonial system is burning down. Happy New Year everyone #AlwayswasAlwayswillBeAboriginalLand". The tweet was criticised by members of both the Coalition and Australian Labor Party. Thorpe deleted the tweet an hour later.[56]

In a June 2022 interview, Thorpe said she was there to 'infiltrate' the Australian parliament and that the Australian flag had "no permission to be here". Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price denounced Thorpe's comments and called for her dismissal from parliament.[57]

Thorpe gained media attention during her swearing-in ceremony. She added the words "the colonising" in the required Oath of Allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II by saying "I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the colonising Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Australia, Her heirs and successors according to law." Thorpe was immediately criticised by fellow senators. After an instruction by Labor Senate president Sue Lines and interjections from others that the oath must be taken word-by-word, Thorpe recited the pledge once more, this time omitting the two words.[58][59]

On 16 April 2023, footage emerged of Thorpe in a verbal altercation with men outside a Melbourne strip club.[60] Thorpe claimed the men provoked the altercation,[61] while the manager of the club claimed she provoked the incident by approaching white patrons and telling them they had stolen her land.[62][63]

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