Aboriginal activist Lidia Thorpe to replace Richard Di Natale as Greens senator for Victoria

Thorpe’s appointment brings the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politicians in federal parliament to five

Lidia Thorpe will be the new Greens senator for Victoria, replacing outgoing senator and former Greens Leader Richard Di Natale.

Thorpe, an Aboriginal leader, activist and Gunnai-Kurnai/Gunditjmara woman and former member for Northcote in the Victorian parliament, was elected to fill the casual vacancy after state-wide ballot of Victorian Greens members.

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