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All episodes by Lidia Thorpe

Feb 13, 2025 •

Lidia Thorpe: ‘We need to scrap Closing the Gap’

This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told parliament it must face up to the fact only five of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track, as he handed down the government's annual implementation plan. Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe believes the widening gap is by design – and argues Closing the Gap targets should be scrapped altogether.

Today, Senator Thorpe on why she believes the Closing the Gap strategy is a distraction and what real change would look like.

Oct 10, 2023 •

The Fight for a Voice: The progressives voting ‘No’

What has been dubbed the “progressive No” case comes from a very different direction than the conservative “No” campaign, yet it reaches the same conclusion. So what is its objection to the Voice?

Today we speak to the face of the “progressive No” case, Senator Lidia Thorpe.

Oct 29, 2020 • 12m50s

Cutting down the Djab Wurrung trees

This week, the Victorian government began cutting down sacred Djab Wurrung trees to make way for a highway expansion between Melbourne and Adelaide. Today, Djab Wurrung woman and Greens senator Lidia Thorpe on the fight to save her peoples’ heritage.

Oct 8, 2020 • 16m 13s

After the virus: Lidia Thorpe wants to change the system

Lidia Thorpe entered the Senate this week, becoming the first Aboriginal Senator representing Victoria. Today, she talks to Ruby Jones about rebuilding after the pandemic, and what we can learn from the communities that she represents.

Aug 21, 2019 • 17m33s

Saving the birthing trees

As the Andrews government attempts to negotiate treaty with First Nations people in Victoria, it is proceeding with a plan to bulldoze hundreds of sacred Djab Wurrung trees.

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