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Lidia Thorpe sworn in as the first Aboriginal Victorian Senator

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New Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has been sworn in to replace the Victorian seat of former leader Richard Di Natale. Ms Thrope entered the chamber wearing a possum skin cloak and doing a Black Power salute. In a post on Twitter she said: 'I'm so proud to be the first Aboriginal Victorian Senator and working alongside my Greens colleagues.'
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