Media Releases
Thorpe’s PFAS inquiry results in biggest Commonwealth lawsuit ever against 3M
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.
Read MoreDocuments reveal major NT funding agreement stalled as millions for frontline services held up.
August 31, 2026
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.
Read MoreThorpe condemns NT attack on Aboriginal child placement principle
August 31, 2026
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.
Read MoreBudget misses opportunity to deliver for First Peoples
August 31, 2026
The Albanese Government has failed to deliver funding for a range of urgent justice, healing and community safety priorities for First Peoples in the federal budget, despite repeated calls from Senator Lidia Thorpe and the broader community.
Read MoreVictory for Stolen Generations Elders in aged care.
August 31, 2026
Senator Lidia Thorpe has welcomed the Federal Budget commitment to exempt Stolen Generations Redress Scheme payments from residential aged care asset testing, a measure she has long called for.
Read MoreViolence against Gaza aid flotilla must be condemned
August 31, 2026
Senator Lidia Thorpe has expressed solidarity with Global Sumud Flotilla participants, including Wiradjuri, Wailwan and Ngiyampaa activist Ethan Floyd, who is returning home today after being detained by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Thorpe has called on the Albanese Government...
Read More‘Act of contempt’: NT Government boycotts federal youth justice inquiry
August 31, 2026
The Northern Territory Government has failed to appear at today’s youth justice inquiry in Darwin.The NT Attorney-General, Department of Children and Families, Department of Corrections, Department of Education and NT Police were among those invited but did not attend.No ministers, departments or agencies fronted...
Read MoreIsrael’s attacks on Lebanon must stop, Albanese must take real action
August 31, 2026
Senator Lidia Thorpe has condemned Israel's escalating attacks on Lebanon, warning the violence is killing civilians, displacing communities, and undermining global peace efforts and efforts to mimimise economic impacts everywhere. She is calling on the Albanese government to take immediate and concrete action to...
Read MoreThorpe slams $4,000 cash-for-access event amid Minister’s silence on justice
August 31, 2026
Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, to cancel a $4,000-a-head Labor Party fundraising event in Sydney today, as the Minister remains silent on major justice issues affecting First Peoples, including calls from the family of Kumanjayi White...
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