Greens appoint Dorinda Cox as First Nations spokesperson to replace Lidia Thorpe

Cox, who became the first female Indigenous senator from WA in 2021, says she and Thorpe are ‘very different politicians’

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Dorinda Cox has been appointed as the Greens new First Nations spokesperson after Lidia Thorpe’s departure from the party.

Cox, a Yamatji-Noongar woman has been handed the job as the party campaigns for a yes vote in the upcoming voice to parliament referendum.

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