Lidia Thorpe says she ‘will not be campaigning no’ against Indigenous voice to parliament

Tom Calma, who is helping design the voice, says the Greens are unnecessarily adding to confusion over upcoming referendum

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The Greens' First Nations spokesperson, Lidia Thorpe, says she will not back a no" campaign against an Indigenous voice to parliament, despite previously criticising the government's proposal as a wasted exercise".

On Tuesday, a report in the Australian newspaper suggested Thorpe had spoken with Indigenous businessman Warren Mundine about their joint opposition to a referendum on the voice. The federal government is committed to holding a plebiscite in this term of parliament.