Wednesday 28 September 2022 05:14 AM Greens talking points on Lidia Thorpe's alleged meltdown leaked to ABC trends now
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The Greens have gone into damage control after a former staffer for Lidia Thorpe revealed details about a meeting in which the Senator allegedly hurled a tirade of verbal abuse at an Indigenous elder.
Ms Thorpe is alleged to have unleashed a furious rant at First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria co-chairs Marcus Stewart and Aunty Geraldine Atkinson at a committee room meeting in Parliament House on June 22, 2021.
It's claimed Ms Atkinson, who is aged in her 70s, was so shaken by Senator Thorpe's behaviour she sought assistance from the parliamentary nurse after the meeting.
The fallout from the alleged rant led the Greens to issue a set of 'talking points' instructing the minor party's MPs how to respond to questions over the alleged meltdown - only for them to be leaked to ABC presenter Patricia Karvelas.
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe (pictured) allegedly unleashed a furious tirade at two First Nations representatives at a 2021 Parliament House meeting in Canberra
Aunty Geraldine Atkinson (left) was at the meeting with Marcus Stewart, whose wife is Senator Jana Stewart (right)
Ms Thorpe's former chief of
