The ABC reported Senator Thorpe's staffers raised concerns about the risk of a perceived conflict of interest from her dating a former bikie while she was on a parliamentary law enforcement committee.
Greens Senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne in September.Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has resigned as the party's deputy leader in the Senate following revelations she was in an undisclosed relationship with the former president of a bikie gang while sitting on a parliamentary committee.
The law enforcement committee she was sitting on at the time was receiving confidential briefings about bikie gangs and organised crime.Upon learning of the relationship, staff reportedly urged the senator to disclose the relationship to Greens leader Adam Bandt.'Show some ambition': Lidia Thorpe calls for First Nations Treaty in wake of Queen's death"I have since looked into those matters.
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