Lidia Thorpe, deputy leader of the left-wing Australian Greens party has resigned from her position—but remains a senator—after revelations emerged of a relationship with the ex-leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang, which occurred at the same time she sat on a parliamentary committee investigating the criminal gangs.
The joint-parliamentary committee on law enforcement she was apart of also had access to classified documents on gangs.
It comes as Senator Thorpe confirmed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Thursday that she briefly dated the former president of the Rebels, Dean Martin, in early 2021.
The Australian government and law enforcement have branded the Rebel bikie gang a criminal organisation with members convicted of murder and the trafficking of illegal drugs and firearms….