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■ The behaviour of Melbourne northern suburbs-based Senator Lidia Thorpe is in the national spotlight. Nine Newspapers journalist Lisa Visentin reported this week that the Senator’s former chief-of-staff said Senator Thorpe’s behaviour made him says he was scared and appalled. David Mejia-Canales claimed the concerning behaviour was in an outburst in a meeting with two Indigenous community leaders at Parliament House last year. The ex-staffer described the Senator’s behaviour as among the most unprofessional conduct he has ever witnessed. “The claims by Thorpe’s ex-top adviser reinforce the account of the meeting by Aboriginal elder Aunty Geraldine Atkinson, aged in her 70s, who has previously alleged the tirade of abuse levelled at her by the senator distressed her so much that she sought medical attention from the parliamentary nurse,” said the report. Senator Thorpe, whose electorate office is in Collingwood, is the Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate. Mr Mejia-Canales resigned from Senator Thorpe’s office in June, and accompanied her to the meeting with Aunty Geraldine Atkinson and Marcus Stewart, the co-chairs of the First Peoples’Assembly of Victoria. Also present was the duo’s policy adviser, Nicole Schlesinger, to discuss the state’s treaty process in a committee room in Parliament House, Canberra, on June 22, 2021. Mr Mejia-Canales said he still did not know why Senator Thorpe had agreed to the meeting only to proceed “to behave so badly”.
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