Co-convener claims other members may follow Thorpe out the door and pushes back on party room decision to support referendum
The conveners of the Greens’ First Nations advisory group say they do not support the voice to parliament or a referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition, publicly rebuking their federal party room and instead backing the departed senator Lidia Thorpe’s opposition to the move., claimed other members may follow Thorpe out the door, and pushed back on the decision of federal MPs and senators to publicly campaign for the voice.
“A strong First Nations body would be a further step towards true self-determination and justice,” the Greens leader,One person who attended Tuesday’s meeting, who asked not to be named so they could speak freely, said it went “surprisingly well”. Bandt said this week: “I don’t think a no vote will get us closer to treaty and truth, but I respect that others in the First Nations community may have a different view on that.”But Goreng Goreng and fellow co-convener Dominic Wy Kanak released their own statement after Tuesday’s meeting, opposing the party room decision.
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