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Podcast: "The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
Episode: Episode 121: Thorpe leaves Greens in lurch, Dark Brandon rises and good news about the sea!
Description: Van Badham and Ben Davison examine former Greens Senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe's announcement that she is no longer a Green Party member but is now leader of "a grassroots Blak sovereign movement."
They look at the commentary around her split from the Greens, events leading up to this moment, what "a grassroots Blak sovereign movement" might actually mean based on Thorpe's public statements and the implications for democracy and the Voice referendum.
Thorpe's announcement, made standing alone in a hallway, came on the first sitting day of parliament for 2023 where a large number of...