Media Releases
Senator Thorpe says Labor must ban gambling ads if they are serious about addressing disadvantage for First Peoples
August 12, 2024
Senator Lidia Thorpe has urged the Albanese government to follow through and implement a total ban on gambling advertising, pointing out that anything less would contradict Labor’s stated commitment to closing the gap.
Read MoreThorpe says Albanese gaslighting the nation over Makarrata commission, says Labor’s promise is clearly recorded
August 09, 2024
Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, accusing him of breaking an election promise for a Makarrata Truth-Telling Commission, and of gaslighting the nation by claiming Labor had never proposed a formal commission for truth telling.
Read MoreThorpe calls for national action, after three custody deaths in the last week, and fresh allegations of child abuse
August 08, 2024
Senator Lidia Thorpe has called for a stronger federal framework to oversee prisons and policing after three people are reported to have died in custody in just the last week, and fresh revelations of child abuse in custodial settings have been aired.
Read MoreSenator Lidia Thorpe calls for SA Corrections Minister to allow parole hearing for prisoner Anthony Smith.
August 07, 2024
Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the SA Corrections Minister to urgently allow a parole hearing from Narrunga and Ngarrinjeri man, Anthony Smith, currently imprisoned at Yatala Labour Prison (Northfield).
Read MoreGenocide Bill public hearings to begin
July 29, 2024
Tomorrow, Tuesday 30 July, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing into Senator Lidia Thorpe’s Genocide Bill (Criminal Code Amendment (Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Bill, 2024).
Read MoreCrossbench calls on Attorneys-General for legal sector lifeline, as vulnerable people left without help
July 03, 2024
Ahead of a meeting of Federal, State and Territory Attorneys Generals expected to occur on Friday morning, a group of 28 federal crossbench parliamentarians has written to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus and his state and territory counterparts, urging them to commit an additional $174m...
Read MoreSenator Thorpe welcomes committee call for Human Rights Act
May 30, 2024
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human rights has recommended that Australia establish a Federal Human Rights Act in its report on the Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, which was tabled in parliament today.
Read MoreThorpe calls on Labor to commit to legal funding, following damning report
May 29, 2024
Senator Lidia Thorpe is calling on the Albanese Labor government to commit to urgent increases to funding for legal services, following a damning report into the state of the sector released yesterday.
Read MoreSenator Thorpe says Labor’s budget fails First Peoples
May 14, 2024
The 24/25 Federal Budget has offered only a fraction of the necessary funding that frontline and community services have been calling for. Senator Lidia Thorpe has criticised the Albanese Government for making empty promises to First Peoples, saying this budget shows Labor are going...
Read More‘The world's nuclear waste dump’: Senator Thorpe raises alarm about AUKUS legislation loophole.
May 13, 2024
Senator Lidia Thorpe has warned new legislation to regulate nuclear safety of activities relating to AUKUS submarines has left Australia open to becoming ‘the world’s nuclear waste dump’.
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