Media Releases

Plibersek concedes approving water plan that ignored First Nations was unlawful

February 13, 2025

Legal action taken by MLDRIN, a Confederation of First Nations from the southern half of the Murray-Darling Basin, has led the Federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek to concede she made a mistake in accrediting the NSW Fractured Rock Water Resource Plan.

On Apology Day, Thorpe urges government to support First Peoples human rights in Senate vote

February 13, 2025

This morning from 9am the Senate will debate Senator Thorpe’s Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023.

Blakfella words banned as Thorpe censored in the Senate

February 12, 2025

Senator Lidia Thorpe has condemned Labor’s approach to moderating the Senate, after she was forced to withdraw the phrases ‘white’, ‘white supremacy’ and ‘gammin’ during a speech on Labor's electoral reform bill in the Senate this evening.

‘A year of betrayal’: Closing the Gap partnership collapsing as governments attack First Peoples

February 10, 2025

Senator Lidia Thorpe has said that the Closing the Gap partnership is collapsing, arguing that governments signed up to the agreement have demonstrated they have no interest in engaging in good faith to achieve targets.

‘Sham Democracy’: Thorpe condemns Hate Crime and Electoral reform legislation

February 06, 2025

Senator Thorpe has voiced her opposition to the Hate Crimes Bill after Labor added mandatory minimum sentence measures to the bill.

Joint Statement: Black Peoples Union (BPU), the Renters And Housing Union (RAHU), and Senator Lidia Thorpe Condemn Eviction of Beananging Kwuurt Institute

December 13, 2024

We the undersigned stand in staunch solidarity with the Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI) and call for the immediate cessation of its eviction by the Uniting Church Australia. The eviction represents a continuation of the colonial injustices that this very site was once complicit in,...

Prison health review recommends systemic reform, Thorpe calls for immediate action

December 12, 2024

Health ministers yesterday released the National Review into First Nations Health Care in Prisons, which sets out a pathway for systemic reform.

Thorpe and Payman to introduce Genocide ‘Red Lines’ package

November 28, 2024

Senators Lidia Thorpe and Fatima Payman have co-sponsored a package of Bills to be introduced to the Senate today, which seeks to protect vulnerable populations from the risk of genocide and atrocity crimes. The package of bills was initiated and developed by international human...

As Thorpe suspended, communities gather at Parliament House to protest genocide

November 28, 2024

This morning, First Nations Elders and community members affected by Genocide across the world will gather on Parliament House lawn to call for the passage of Senator Lidia Thorpe’s Genocide Bill.

Thorpe says Plibersek must take action on illegal destruction at Binybara Lee Point

November 26, 2024

Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to take action against Defence Housing Australia (DHA), after Northern Territory authorities dropped an investigation into alleged illegal land clearing by the federal agency at Binybara Lee Point, NT.