An advertising equivalent value of AU$800k in media coverage, the largest attendance in Powerhouse history, over $1M in sponsorships with global partners like Adobe, Google and TikTok, now the Powerhouse museum will hold Blak Powerhouse annually.

Source: https://www.bandt.com.au/bt-awards-the-work-the-bt-award-for-diversity-finalists-laid-bare/

At the centre of Ms Thorpe's Blak republic sovereignty agenda is a push for a treaty, and afterwards, an Aboriginal-led republic.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12481077/Indigenous-Voice-Parliament-Lidia-Thorpe-calls-focus-treaty-truth-Blak-Republic.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Its very focus on administration and policy development was exactly why many Blak sovereignty supporters objected to it, both in its legitimisation of a colonial power structure and its lack of genuinely radical change.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/12/20/2023-review-good-government-not-good-enough/

Saying I need “mental help” is a continuation of the old racist and misogynistic narrative used to discredit and silence outspoken and strong women, particularly Blak women.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11993513/Lidia-Thorpes-father-Roy-Illingworth-calls-daughter-racist-says-power-gone-head.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Thorpe said on Monday: “This country has a strong grassroots Blak Sovereign Movement, full of staunch and committed warriors and I want to represent that movement fully in Parliament”.

Source: https://citynews.com.au/2023/lidia-thorpe-quits-greens-to-promote-blak-sovereign-movement/