Lidia Thorpe resigns as Greens deputy leader in Senate over relationship with former bikie boss

Adam Bandt says Thorpe displayed significant lack of judgment' for failing to declare her relationship with former Rebels president

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Senator Lidia Thorpe has resigned as deputy leader of the Greens in the Senate over what leader Adam Bandt called a significant lack of judgment" for failing to declare a relationship with the former president of the Rebels bikie gang.

On Thursday the ABC revealed Thorpe had confirmed she briefly dated" Dean Martin in 2021 and remains friends with him. In a statement, Thorpe accepted she had made mistakes and ... not exercised good judgment" over a failure to declare the relationship.

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