Lidia Thorpe

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 4 Sept 2020.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

1. 1 July 2022 – CurrentSenate

   Elected to the Senate for Victoria, 2022.

2. 4 Sept 2020 – 30 June 2022Senate

   Chosen by the Parliament of Victoria on 4.9.2020 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice R Di Natale (resigned).

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.

Parliamentary and party offices

• Independent Whip7 Feb 2023 – Current

These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.

Background before Parliament

Qualifications recorded by Parliament

• Graduate Certificate in Management (Public Policy), La Trobe University
• Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Diploma of Community Development, Swinburne University of Technology
• Certificate IV in Indigenous Leadership, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre

Occupations recorded by Parliament

• Indigenous Lead for Amnesty International from 2019 to 2020.
• Facilitator and Fundraiser for Grandmothers Against Removals from 2018 to 2019.
• Managing Director of the Clan Corporation from 2016 to 2017.
• Adviser to the Municipal Association (Vic.) from 2013 to 2016.
• Manager at the East Gippsland Shire Council from 2011 to 2013.
• Managing Director of Victorian Aboriginal Events Management from 2010 to 2013.
• Manager of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Training Centre, 2010.
• Chairperson of NAIDOC Victoria.
• First Nations Consultant for the Australian Conservation Foundation.
• Chief Treaty Negotiator for the Traditional Owner Land Justice Group (Vic.).
• Consultant for the Central Highlands Forest Campaign.

Appointment history