Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has revealed what the Prime Minister would need to do to win her support for the Voice to Parliament.
Ms Thorpe announced her resignation from the Greens in February, claiming the party’s position to support the Indigenous Voice was “at odds” with community and activist sentiment.
She also argued for compulsory Indigenous seats in the Senate, after a similar precedent had been set in New Zealand under the Waitangi treaty with the Maori population. “Let’s negotiate that… It's a change of legislation to have more seats in the Senate. We don't have to go to a referendum to have more seats in the Senate," she told 3AW on Thursday.3AW host Neil Mitchell asked Ms Thorpe to clarify whether the move would ultimately win over her support and get her to vote “yes”.
Ms Thorpe highlighted the need to take on recommendations from the 1987 Royal Commision into Aboriginal deaths in custody, with more than 500 deaths to date.
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