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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

An important visit to Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services today, where we met Julie Tongs and the team. Real community controlled Aboriginal services deliver on the ground to our people.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. On this day we are meant to be celebrating the achievements of First Peoples around the world. But for so many of us, our lives are spent resisting colonial powers.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We are hearing from Kind Enterprises that racism itself never seems as offensive as the calling out of racism.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Marissa Williamson-Pohlman, the first Aboriginal woman to represent this country at the Olympics for boxing, says that institutions celebrate Blak excellence when it is convenient, but abandon us when it matters most.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Truth-telling should happen in every state and territory, as well as on the federal level. It just depends on whether governments are brave enough to make it happen.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The racism inquiry is now in Melbourne for its two last hearings. Today has a key focus on media and sports, but we're starting off with Gellung Warl's (the First Peoples Assembly) appearance this morning. Follow along here www.youtube.com/live/QyNYDeY...

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Joint Standing Committee on ATSIA | Melbourne, VIC | 06/08/2026

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today the Inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is hearing from witnesses in Nipaluna (Hobart). www.youtube.com/live/_fw5W6b...

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Joint Standing Committee on ATSIA | Hobart, TAS | 05/08/2026

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Recently I met with two complainants from this human rights case against the government, for failing to protect us from climate pollution by Australia’s coal and gas corporations.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Professor Phillip Mills giving very strong evidence now, calling out that the system has no interest in improving the health of First Peoples. It is built that way and policies have always been designed in a way that commodifies our deaths

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council is telling us that nowhere else in the country are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities amalgamated into a single council and this has created a lot of challenges.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We are also hearing that there is not enough support to future proof against the impacts of climate change. Relocation is not an alternative for the islands. If the islands sink, the people will sink with them.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We're hearing from North QLD Land Council and Edmonston Storms that there is a huge problem with youth incarceration in the area.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Queensland LGBTQIA+ Alliance says that there is an absolute lack of funding for First Peoples LGBTQIA+ groups, especially so for Sistergirls and Brotherboys, who are facing highest levels of discrimination and racism.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We heard from Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion and Mob 4 Mob, who are saying racism and ableism are related and feed into each other to destroy lives.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Mr Carl Fourmile says racism not only an individual act but embedded in structural institutions and it effects people in every aspect of their lives, making them feel lesser than. It's causing what used to be called colonial exhaustion and is now termed 'Blak fatigue'.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ms Nicole Huxley is giving powerful evidence. She says our community-controlled organisations don’t just provide services but are there for people to have a shoulder to cry on.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Former Chairperson of the Queensland First Nations Treaty Institute, Michelle Deshong, says that the No result of the Voice referendum seems to have given permission to governments to abandon everything to do with First Peoples.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We're hearing from Elder Barry Walden that organisations coming into the community telling it what it need to deliver is racism at the highest level! www.youtube.com/live/t87zo6E...

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Joint Standing Committee on ATSIA | Cairns, QLD | 29/07/2026

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Ms Natalie Lewis, former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Commissioner in QLD, says that independent critique and rights focused advocacy doesn’t have a place in QLD right now.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We heard from the amazing Professor Chelsea Watego and Dr Amy McQuire, who spoke truth to power.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We are now hearing from Meta at the Racism Inquiry. Online racism has been called out as violent and increasing by many witnesses in this inquiry. Meta pretends it has all the policies and mechanisms to address if but clearly its not working.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says that, as a priority, the National Anti Racism Framework needs to be implemented, and that addressing racism against First Peoples needs to come first, or no other forms of racism can be effectively addressed either

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today, the Racism Inquiry hearings continue in Brisbane. We will live tweet throughout the day. You can follow along live here: www.youtube.com/live/VIQj6Jk...

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Joint Standing Committee on ATSIA | Brisbane, QLD | 28/07/2026

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Starting soon – it's day two of racism inquiry hearings in Garramilla Darwin, which will wrap up at lunch time. Then on to Mparntwe Alice Springs for another hearing tomorrow. Follow along here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJe...

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Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs | Darwin, NT | 16/07/2026

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Over a dozen Aboriginal families in Mt Isa are facing homelessness while governments point fingers at each other and try to shift the blame. Another bureaucratic talk fest, while people face homelessness. I won’t stop fighting for these families. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

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Senator urges help for families in limbo as forced house auctions loom

Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe joins a fight to stop Indigenous homes being sold in Queensland due to unpaid rates.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

When I say Labor is all talk and no action, this is exactly what I mean. The Albanese government has just rejected hundreds of recommendations from the United Nations aimed at improving the terrible state of human rights in this country. nit.com.au/30-06-2026/2...

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UN recommendations on Indigenous rights largely rejected by Albanese government

The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Victorians were told native forest logging had ended. But this week Four Corners revealed Victorian taxpayers are now bankrolling the logging of Tasmania's native forests instead.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today the government announced it will sue 3M for $2 billion over the role the company played in poisoning our country with toxic PFAS forever chemicals.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

While there wasn't much in Labor's budget for our people beyond the status quo, we did achieve some justice for Stolen Generation survivors. Under this change, redress payments for survivors will no longer be included in aged care asset testing. nit.com.au/12-05-2026/2...

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Stolen Generations survivors to be exempt from aged care means testing

Stolen Generations survivors will be exempt from means testing in aged care in a federal budget measure welcomed by advocates.The government's $3.2 million budget announcement on Tuesday will exempt s...

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

People are expressing outrage about how Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested, saying it was too public. He was arrested with no cuffs, not a hand on him, despite facing allegations of war crimes. I can’t help but think of the young Aboriginal boy wrongly arrested at gunpoint by the AFP on a Canberra bus.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Israel’s attacks in Lebanon are horrific. They've killed over 250 people and wounded more than a thousand in the last day. 1.1 million people are displaced. Lebanese people are paying the ultimate price. But Israel’s violence is also undermining the ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The Racism Inquiry is accepting submissions from First Peoples until May 1st, 2026. For more info about the inquiry and for tips on how to make a submission, see my webiste here: www.lidiathorpe.com/racism_inquiry

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Racism Inquiry

We need to keep government accountable for implementing the recommendations that come from your lived experiences.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We’re quickly approaching a year since Kumanjayi White died in custody, and still NT Police have made no prosecutions and given no resolution to the family. The family has been kept in the dark, and police have refused to release the footage of what happened. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

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Anonymous police force completes review into Alice Springs death in custody

NT police have received the independent use of force review into the death in custody of Kumanjayi White in Alice Springs in 2025.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Utterly horrific. Two young boys and their parents shot in the head by the IDF in the occupied West Bank while returning from a Ramadan shopping trip. The soldiers then beat and taunted the two surviving brothers, telling the boys they 'killed dogs'.

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Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank

Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Senator Hanson can distract with culture wars and call me a bitch as much as she wants - her record tells the real story of what she's about. 🧵

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This morning, as mob and allies gathered in Darwin to protest the appointment of racist NT Administrator David Connolly, NT Police arrested and manhandled respected Larrakia Elder Eric Fejo on his own Country.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

There's a few more days to apply, and we're assessing applications on a rolling basis as they come in, so don't delay! We're looking for someone who loves socials, content creation and digital strategy to join our team. More info and apply here: www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/Sena...

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Albanese Government refused to expand the terms of reference for the Antisemitism Royal Commission to examine racism against First Peoples and other communities. Instead, they claimed vague “social cohesion” wording would cover everything 🧵 nit.com.au/24-02-2026/2...

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Thorpe labels calls for Indigenous submissions to antisemitism Royal Commission ‘irresponsible’

Senator Lidia Thorpe says it was irresponsible for the Minister for Indigenous Australians to encourage First Nations people to lodge submissions to the Bondi Royal Commission, after the Commissioner ...

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Three years ago a series of racist threatening letters were sent to the Victorian Greens. They were covered in white supremacist hate, swastikas and explicit threats against my life and my family. They were reported to police. But as far as I know nothing came of it 🧵 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

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Menacing letters sent to politicians bear hallmarks of Sydney mosque threats

The ABC can reveal two of the threatening, hate-filled letters sent to Lakemba Mosque this month bear close resemblance to similar racist letters sent to multiple politicians since 2022.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Dumping Arrernte Senator Liddle from the Indigenous portfolio for Julian Leeser is a shameful move. Kerrynne understands the realities mob face, is hardworking and across the detail. This is just hollow politics and Leeser will be useless. All I can say: Fantastic. Great move. Well done, Angus.

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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price promoted back to shadow cabinet, Kerrynne Liddle removed

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been elevated to the shadow cabinet, less than six months after being removed from the frontbench over controversial comments about the Indian diaspora.However, South Aust...

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