August 31, 2026
In August 2024, Senator Thorpe established and chaired a Senate Select Committee on PFAS, and the committee handed down its final report in November 2025, presenting 47 recommendations.
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Documents released under a Senate Order moved by Senator Lidia Thorpe have revealed implementation of a major Commonwealth–Northern Territory funding agreement has stalled, with no payments yet made under the package more than a year after it was announced.
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Senator Lidia Thorpe has condemned new Northern Territory legislation weakening the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle, saying the principle is already not followed in the NT, and the move will further harm First Nations children and families.
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