Former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is set to benefit hugely from her crossbench move.
News.com.au has reported the Senator’s move to the crossbench could see her receiving a base salary of $217,000 until 2028.Love news? Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023Backbenchers also receive an electorate allowance of $32,000 a year, which Ms Thorpe will be the beneficiary of.Sky News host Paul Murray also weighed in on the move, slamming the Senator's payday as hypocritical.
“She will earn more than a million dollars before her senate term is over while pretending to be the warrior for those whose dream of a lifetime income wouldn’t even be a million dollars,” Mr Murray said. Senator Thorpe sensationally quit her party on Monday over a worsening rift within the party about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Senator Lidia Thorpe: âThis country has a strong grassroots black sovereign movement, full of staunch and committed warriors and I want to represent that movement fully in this Parliament... I canât do that from within the Greens,"
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