Exclusive: The prominent Voice critic is allied with at least a dozen candidates in upcoming elections for the Victorian state body that may help select federal Voice to parliament members.
, a representative body elected by Indigenous people that is tasked with negotiating a treaty with the state government.If the Thorpe-connected candidates – including direct relatives and political allies – are successful, they would form arguably the dominant faction in the body expected to interact with the national Voice to parliament and help select Victorians for the Commonwealth advisory body.
Thorpe’s political allies include Ngarra Murray and Tracey Evans who are seeking re-election and as assembly members last year questioned whether, prompting a rebuke from Premier Daniel Andrews. An eminent Victorian Indigenous leader said her community worried Thorpe’s allies would compromise goodwill with the Victorian government in its“If her time in Canberra is anything to go by, then it wouldn’t take her long to destroy the treaty in Victoria,” she said.
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