Media Releases
Senate backs Thorpe’s call for national action on deaths in custody
July 31, 2025
The parliament has today supported a motion from Senator Lidia Thorpe calling for urgent national action on the crisis of First Nations deaths in custody, following the preventable death of 24-year-old Kumanjayi White in Mparntwe/Alice Springs in May.
Read MoreAs deaths in custody surpass 600, Thorpe calls for funding cuts to NT police
July 29, 2025
Today, the recorded number of First Peoples who have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission has surpassed 600 — now at 602 deaths in total and seventeen this year.
Read MoreKumanjayi Walker’s inquest shows what First Peoples have known forever: that racism is killing us
July 07, 2025
Kumanjayi Walker was shot three times by Zachary Rolfe in 2019, during an attempted arrest in Yuendumu, NT. Rolfe was found not guilty in March 2022 of charges of murder and manslaughter relating to Walker’s death.
Read More‘From economy of occupation to economy of genocide’: UN report highlights role of private sector in Israel’s illegal occupation and genocide including companies operating in Australia, Thorpe calls for action
July 06, 2025
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has released a report into the role of the private sector in facilitating and profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. Titled “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide” (A/HRC/59/23), it investigates the economic structures and corporate...
Read More‘It’s Genocide.’ Thorpe honours the Truth-telling work of the Yoorrook Justice Commission and welcomes its historic findings.
July 02, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe says it is time for a national response including Truth and Treaty, and compensation for the substantiated findings of Crimes against Humanity and Genocide from the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
Read More‘Tip of the iceberg’: Thorpe responds to dodgy consultancy lobbying for gas industry, calls for investigation
June 25, 2025
The Guardian recently released a report on ‘how an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence Traditional Owners’.
Read More'Shameful cop-out': Senator Thorpe responds to Albanese Press Club comments on deaths in custody.
June 10, 2025
Today, following his Press Club address, Prime Minister Albanese responded to a question from SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson about the death in custody of Kumanjayi White. He suggested a federal body should not investigate the case and deferred to the failed Voice...
Read MoreMinister McCarthy must back urgent independent investigation into police killing of Kumanjayi White
June 06, 2025
Senator Lidia Thorpe is calling on the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, to stand firm in her initial support for an independent investigation into the death of 24-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man Kumanjayi White, who died under police restraint in Mparntwe/Alice Springs on Tuesday 27...
Read MoreFive years since Black Lives Matter uprising, communities mobilise to demand justice for Kumanjayi White
June 05, 2025
This week, communities across the continent will rally for justice for Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man who died after being restrained by police in a Coles supermarket in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).
Read MoreThorpe appalled by Environment Minister deciding on gas project before considering First Peoples heritage.
May 28, 2025
As the North West Shelf decision looms, Senator Lidia Thorpe has put new Environment Minister Murray Watt on notice over the continued destruction of climate and Country that is sacred to First Peoples.
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