Lidia Thorpe to step down as deputy leader of the Senate over bikie relationship

The leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt, says senator Lidia Thorpe ‘showed a significant lack of judgment’ in failing to inform him of her relationship with a former president of the Rebels bikie gang and has asked her to resign as deputy leader of the party. ‘As a leader I expect my senators and MPs, especially those in leadership positions, to exercise good judgment. At a minimum, Senator Thorpe needed to disclose to me her connection to Mr [Dean] Martin and her failure to do so showed a significant lack of judgment,’ Bandt says. Thorpe has handed in her resignation
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