Media Releases
January 26 is a Day of Mourning
January 25, 2026
January 26 has been commemorated as a Day of Mourning by First Peoples since 1938.
Read MoreTracking must apply to all guns, including police weapons
January 20, 2026
Senator Lidia Thorpe will today move an amendment to the Government’s gun control legislation, calling for the National Firearms Agreement to be extended to include strengthened oversight and transparency of law-enforcement armouries.
Read MoreMost Aboriginal deaths since 1979: AIC report confirms national crisis
December 10, 2025
The latest deaths in custody report from the Australian Institute of Criminology has revealed that 33 First Nations people died in custody in 2024–25 — the highest number of First Nations deaths in custody since 1979-80, almost half a century.
Read More‘Publicly apologise’: Thorpe Calls on Plibersek to correct misleading comments
November 26, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe has written to the Minister for Social Services, Tanya Plibersek, calling for a public apology after the Minister made inflammatory comments on Sky News that mischaracterised widely held concerns about Schedule 5 of the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical...
Read MoreThorpe to table expert letter opposing police power expansion
November 24, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe will today table a letter signed by more than 100 legal experts and community organisations, raising alarm about the Albanese Government’s plan to allow police and ministers to cut off people’s welfare payments based solely on suspicion.
Read MoreGunpoint apprehension of Aboriginal boy shows institutional police racism
November 20, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe has provided a response to a horrific incident last week in which a young Aboriginal boy was wrongfully apprehended at gunpoint by ACT police officers, pinned face down on the ground, and held with knees on his back, causing him pain...
Read MorePFAS Senate Inquiry Report Released – Thorpe calls for urgent action and full chemical ban
November 19, 2025
The Senate Select Committee on PFAS, chaired by Senator Lidia Thorpe, has today released its final report, after more than a year examining failures in the Australian Government’s approach to PFAS contamination and risk mitigation.
Read MoreBail report released but states refuse to act — Thorpe calls on Commonwealth to step up
November 14, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the Albanese government to use it's constitutional power to ensure the SCAG Bail and Remand Reform Working Group report is acted on, following its release today.
Read More‘Come clean’: Attorneys-General must release suppressed national bail report
November 14, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe is calling on Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to immediately release the Standing Council of Attorneys-General (SCAG) Bail and Remand Reform Working Group report, completed in July but still being withheld from the public.
Read MoreThorpe calls for federal intervention on Allan government over harsh youth sentencing reforms
November 12, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe has strongly condemned the Allan government’s decision to introduce harsher custodial sentences for children.
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