Lidia Thorpe joined anti-voice Coalition senators to push for inquiry into Indigenous bodies

The Greens senator blames an ‘administrative error’ for the move in November before being forced to withdraw by Adam Bandt

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The Greens senator Lidia Thorpe put her name to the establishment of an inquiry into Indigenous bodies pushed by some of the Coalition’s most strident opponents of the voice, before being forced to withdraw by the Greens leader, Adam Bandt.

Thorpe has blamed an “administrative error” for the move in November, when she briefly teamed up with the Nationals’ Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Liberal James McGrath, among others, to ask the Senate for a year-long inquiry, which would run throughout the voice referendum debate.

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