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Senator Lidia Thorpe tells NITV why she left the Greens

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Lidia Thorpe talks to NITV's Cam Gooley Source: SBS News / NITV

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Newly independent, former Greens senator Lidia Thorpe talks to NITV's Cameron Gooley following her decision to leave the Greens, saying she wants to represent what she calls a 'strong, grassroots, black sovereign movement'.

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