Controversial Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has vowed I m not going anywhere and will fight for the rights of First Nations people despite revelations of a secret romance with an ex-bikie gang leader.
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has told the Senate she won t be going anywhere after she admitted to having a short-lived relationship with former Victorian Rebels bikie boss Dean Martin.
Ms Thorpe is set to write to the Senate president requesting the Upper House s privileges committee look at her relationship with Dean Martin, the onetime Victorian Rebels president.
The firebrand Greens senator confirmed a brief relationship with former Victorian Rebels president Dean Martin in early 2021, while she was on a parliamentary committee about law enforcement.
Anthony Albanese has condemned Senator Lidia Thorpe s handling of her relationship to an ex-bikie boss which she maintained while on a law enforcement committee.