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.
“I have told Greens Leader Adam Bandt and the Senate President that I am resigning from the Greens to sit on the Senate crossbench,” Thorpe said.
“This country has a strong grassroots Blak Sovereign Movement, full of staunch and committed warriors, and I want to represent that movement fully in parliament.
“It has become clear to me that I can’t do that from within the Greens. Now I will be able to speak freely on all issues from a sovereign perspective without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions.”…