Lidia Thorpe is a Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman, living on Wurundjeri Country in South Preston in Melbourne’s north.
She’s a community worker, mother and grandmother.
After leaving school at 14 and furthering her education at Preston and Epping TAFEs, Lidia has become a public education advocate and sits on the Smith Family’s National Advisory Board. She was also the Chair of the Victorian NAIDOC Committee.
Lidia received the Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership Award in 2008 and was appointed to the Bairnsdale Regional Health Board and the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust managing the training centre. And as an environmentalist, Lidia led a successful campaign against the eastern gas pipeline to save Nowa Nowa Gorge in East Gippsland.
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Contact
Office of Lidia Thorpe
4/404-414 High Street, Northcote, VIC 3070
Lidia.Thorpe@parliament.vic.gov.au
(03) 9481 5777
Portfolios
Aboriginal Justice
Consumer Affairs
Skills and Training
Sport
Mental Health
Take Action
Get involved with Lidia Thorpe's current campaigns.
Treaty
We are the only Commonwealth nation in the world that does not have a treaty with its First Peoples. It‘s time for of Victoria to lead to lead the way.
Fix Housing
Melbourne’s housing is in crisis. It’s time to fix our housing crisis by getting our Governments at every level to make real changes.
Save the sacred gum trees
The Government is proposing to cut down over 260 ancient gum trees, including sacred Tjap Wurrung sites at Langi Ghiran for the widening of the Western Highway.