Greens leader Adam Bandt has sought to defend Lidia Thorpe’s stance following her opposition to the Voice to Parliament at an anti-Australia Day rally.
Ms Thorpe, the Greens’ First Nations spokesperson, argued Indigenous people “deserve better” than an advisory body"I sit in that parliament and every day they say they are sovereign. The colonial system and the colonisers say they are sovereign," she told the crowd.
Love news? Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023The Greens have gathered in Victoria ahead of Parliament’s return next week where they’re discussing, among other policies, the internal division regarding the Voice. He said the Greens have put a “number of areas” of concern to the government including Ms Thorpe’s issue surrounding sovereignty.
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