Independent senator also foreshadowed abstaining from Senate vote on Indigenous voice referendum in interview with ABC
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Senator Lidia Thorpe says she will lodge a complaint to the Human Rights Commission against her former party, the Australian Greens, claiming she experienced racism during her time in the organisation.
But the party said it is not aware of the complaint and is committed to stamping out racism at work and in parliament.
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