Lidia Thorpe receives ‘brilliant takedown’ after ‘white man’ comments

The Northern Territory attorney general gave Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe a “brilliant takedown” after the Victorian senator falsely labelled her a white man, says Sky News host Rita Panahi. Senator Thorpe took to the Senate chamber last week to target the NT attorney general, and said she hoped “he listens to these experts” on indigenous incarceration given “he didn’t read the royal commission”. Northern Territory Attorney General Selena Uibo responded in force to Senator Thorpe’s comments, and said she had “pointers” for her and any “other southern politician” who wanted to use the NT as a “punching bag for their own political point scoring”. “One, get your facts straight,” she said. “The Northern Territory attorney general is not a white man, I am an aboriginal woman”. Ms Panahi said Selena Uibo gave Senator Thorpe a “nice working over” where she “called her out” for some of her appearances in rural and remote communities.