Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian independent politician. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. She was a member of the Australian Greens until February 2023 when she quit the party over disagreements concerning the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, and became a leading figure in the "progressive No" campaign for the Voice referendum in October 2023. She had also served as the Greens' deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2022.
Thorpe has previously been a member of the Victorian Parliament. On winning the Northcote state by-election on 18 November 2017 she became the first known Aboriginal woman elected to the state's parliament and served as the member for the division of Northcote in the Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2018.
Thorpe has received media attention for her support of the Blak Sovereign Movement and her criticism of the legitimacy of Australian political institutions, which she views as stemming from colonialism.
Mbunge Lidia Thorpe wa Australia ametolewa nje ya Bunge la Nchi hiyo baada ya kupiga kelele na kumfokea Mfalme wa Uingereza, Charles III alipolitembelea Bunge hilo jana Jumatatu.
Thorpe alisindikizwa nje na Walinzi baada ya kupiga kelele akisema hamtambui Mfalme huyo kama Mfalme wake na kwamba...
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