{"id":7007,"date":"2020-06-20T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7007"},"modified":"2020-06-20T23:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T23:09:00","slug":"greens-welcome-new-senator-for-victoria-lidia-thorpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/greens-welcome-new-senator-for-victoria-lidia-thorpe\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens welcome new senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Greens have today announced that Lidia Thorpe will be the next Senator for Victoria, following a massive state-wide ballot of the Victorian Greens membership.
\nLidia Thorpe<\/a>, Aboriginal leader, activist and Gunnai-Kurnai\/Gunditjmara woman will be sworn into Parliament in the coming months to fill the casual vacancy soon to be left by Senator Richard Di Natale.
\nVictoria Greens Co-Convenors Effy Elden and Ella Webb said thousands of members took part in the vote over two weeks, with Lidia Thorpe securing a decisive victory.
\n\u201cWe are delighted to announce the next Senator for the Victorian Greens, who was elected directly by our membership at the culmination of a fantastic grassroots preselection process. We are proud to be the only progressive party in Victoria whose members currently have a genuine say in their parliamentary representation.
\n\u201cThe Victorian Greens have over 3,600 members who were eligible to cast their vote in the state-wide preselection. With 65% choosing to participate, they have delivered a clear and decisive result in selecting Lidia.
\n\u201cWe look forward to seeing Lidia Thorpe join our fellow Victorian Greens MPs Adam Bandt & Janet Rice, as well as the rest of our federal team in parliament later this year.\u201d
\nBuilding upon her work as the Member for Northcote, Lidia has a strong track record of fighting for environmental and social justice that benefits the whole community.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible honour and a huge responsibility to be chosen by Greens members as the next Senator for Victoria. I won\u2019t let you down,\u201d Lidia Thorpe said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s so important for kids growing up today in places I grew up to know they can do what I\u2019ve done. Kids in the Commission flats, or out in country towns, or single mums, or survivors of domestic violence. This isn\u2019t out of your reach.
\n\u201cI\u2019m ready to fight for the issues we all believe in – climate, injustice, inequality. Now more than ever, we need to not accept the old ways – this is our chance to build back better, and I\u2019m ready to bring us together to get it done.\u201d
\nLeader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP<\/a>\u00a0said he was thrilled to be able to work with Lidia in the federal parliament.
\n\u201cParliament is due for a shake up, and Lidia\u2019s fearless advocacy for economic and social justice will strengthen the case for a Green New Deal and provide a voice for so many people that have been let down by politics,\u201d Adam Bandt MP said.
\n\u201cFrom being the first Aboriginal woman elected to Victorian parliament, to winning renters rights, forestry protections and LGBTIQ support, Lidia has an incredible track record of fighting for change.
\n\u201cWith an escalating inequality and climate crisis, there has never been a more important time to make sure the Greens reach new communities to speak with everyone in this country and leave no one behind.
\n\u201cI\u2019m proud I\u2019ll be working alongside Lidia in Canberra. She\u2019ll be an incredible addition to the Australian Greens team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Greens have today announced that Lidia Thorpe will be the next Senator for Victoria, following a massive state-wide ballot of the Victorian Greens membership. Lidia Thorpe, Aboriginal leader, activist and Gunnai-Kurnai\/Gunditjmara woman will be sworn into Parliament in the coming months to fill the casual vacancy soon to be left by Senator Richard … Continue reading “Greens welcome new senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}