Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe Quits Party Over Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Incoming Senator Lidia Thorpe during her swearing-in at in the Senate at Parliament House on October 06, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images

The Greens Indigenous Spokesperson, Lidia Thorpe, has quit the Greens party and will move to the crossbench.

Thorpe announced the move on Feb. 6, saying she had realised that she could no longer pursue her advocacy for the Blak Sovereign Movement from within the Greens.