Lidia Thorpe wants Australians to pay ‘rent’ to Indigenous people, rewrite the constitution and forge a pact with ‘colonial’ settlers – as she gives up her Green Party membership in the bid become the ‘sovereign head of the Blak’ movement.
Senator Thorpe revealed on Monday that she would step down as a member of the leftist party to become an independent, after splitting with colleagues over the party’s stance on Indigenous Voices. before the National Assembly proposed by the Prime Minister.
Wearing earrings that read ‘sovereignity never gives in’, Senator Thorpe said: ‘I will now be able to speak freely on all matters from the perspective of sovereignty, without restrictions by portfolio and positions of the parties have been agreed.’
‘This country has a strong grassroots black sovereignty movement filled with loyal and dedicated fighters. And I want to fully represent that movement in this Parliament.
‘It became clear to me that I couldn’t do it from within the Greens.’
Lidia Thorpe (pictured) has announced her resignation from the Greens to take up a bench seat on Monday’s first day of parliament
The focus of her movement was on promoting a treaty, and then an Aboriginal-led Republic.
Such a republic would ensure that the people of the First Nations would have ‘real power’ and maintain sovereignty over the land.
It will allow natives to ‘take back what was ours in the first place and share it in a way that we know best how to do’.
‘I mean our entire culture is based on sharing and caring. So a Blak Republic will ensure that everyone in this country is taken care of,’ she told youth news site Junkee.
‘Everybody in this country understands the true history of this country, understands or has some basic knowledge of how to take care of the land you live in and how we take care of it.’
Senator Thorpe, a spokesman for the Greens’ First Nations, opposed the Voice before Congress unless there was an assurance that Indigenous sovereignty would not be ceded – as Voices advocates have asserted. determined that would not happen.
Senator Thorpe said she is committed to the ‘black sovereignty’ movement and will continue to fight for the people of the First Nations
Rewriting the Australian Constitution, Aboriginal-led Republics and weekly taxes are just some of the changes Lidia Thorpe is pushing after declaring there is a ‘war’ against Indigenous Australians
She made this clear in a speech on Australia Day, where she addressed a protest clutching the stick of war and asking the government to sign a treaty with Indigenous Peoples before the Voice. .
“Greens MPs, members and supporters have told me they want to support Voices,” she added.
‘This contradicts the community of activists who are saying (we want) the Pact before the Voice. This is the message sent on the street on January 26.
‘This is the movement I grew up in. My elders marched for a treaty. This is me.’
However, despite previously opposing Voice’s proposal, she stated in her speech that she would “not announce my position on Voice today”.
‘I want to continue negotiating with the government. First nations sovereignty is important but so is saving lives today,’ she added.
Mrs Thorpe has repeatedly called for a pact and backed a ‘Pay Rent’ plan during her time in parliament
Senator Thorpe will also continue to support the ‘Pay Rent’ scheme which urges Australian property owners to pay a weekly ‘rent’ tax to Indigenous groups based on the organization’s claims. precedence over the land.
Under this plan, homeowners will voluntarily pay a percentage of their income to an agency led by Aboriginal elders and managed without any oversight or interference. government.
One percent of weekly wages is the rate suggested by Robbie Thorpe, a veteran Aboriginal rights activist from Melbourne who ran a similar scheme in Fitzroy in the 1990s, and is the uncle of Senator Thorpe.
Government statistics from last August show the average Australian worker earns $1,250 a week. So spread out, all salaried people in Australia can pay an average ‘rent’ of $12.50 a week, plus up to $650 a year.
The ‘Pay the rent’ tax may also apply to locals. Whoever owns the property will have to pay as it will act as a form of land tax.
‘Pay rent from premises to premises. There are no strings attached to the government agenda. It supports the sovereign establishment against the many campaigns and struggles we face every day,” said Ms.
She has publicly criticized Indigenous people’s call to have a voice before parliament, saying Indigenous peoples deserve more than an ‘advisory body’
Senator Thorpe has called for better representation of Indigenous peoples in Congress with 10 independent First Nations seats to help maintain their ‘sovereignty’.
Also on her agenda is a complete rewrite of the Australian Constitution.
“Let’s rewrite the Constitution, or let’s get rid of everything that’s racist in the Constitution,” she told Junkee in December.
‘Let’s update the Constitution to fit this country today, because when it was written, when it was founded in 1901, it was very different from what it is now in 2022.’
Her call to change the Constitution stems from her desire for Indigenous Australians to have ‘real power’.
Source: | This article originally belonged to Dailymail.co.uk
