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Territory ‘committing genocide’ claims Thorpe

June 20, 2025

Outspoken Senator Lidia Thorpe has accused the Northern Territory’s chief minister, Lia Finocchiaro, of being “complicit in the ongoing genocide” of Indigenous Australians.

“There’s no trust in the Northern Territory Police Force,” Senator Thorpe said.

“We know that they have systemic racism,” she told the ABC.

“We know through the Kumanjayi Walker inquest that the Northern Territory Police are racist, so families do not trust the Northern Territory Police and we need Federal leadership.

“We need the Feds to step in here.”

Senator Thorpe made her claim after two men recently died in police custody in Territory.

Several leading politicians and Indigenous leaders have pushed for an independent inquiry into to the deaths, including Indigenous Affairs Minister Malindiri McCarthy.

Northern Territory Labor MP Marion Scrymgour said the Federal government needs to step in and show some leadership around the deaths in custody.

“Aboriginal people are being completely ostracised and victimised, and people are dying,” she told the ABC.

At time of publication, there was no response from Ms Finocchiaro’s office.

 

 

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