Andrew Bolt looks at the ‘truth’ behind Lidia Thorpe’s Aboriginal claims

Sky News host Andrew Bolt checks the “truth” behind Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe’s “dangerous and deceitful” National Press Club address from Wednesday.

[Simon-nvzj]

how this woman is even in office is beyond me. the sooner we get rid of her the better...

[blkops]

Fancy a member of parliament asking to share in Western inheritance! Completely oblivious of the fact she has her position at that podium as a direct result of being Australian & inheriting the rights of her forebears.
Hypocrisy, ignorance & duplicitousness are her virtues

[kaynine]

She should be charged for INCITING VIOLENCE.

[frankkolmann]

How can Thorpe get away with such lies?

[jemzargo]

Thorpe is not a historian and yet she's allowed to lecture us about our history.

[ohasis]

Lydia is a strong proponent of the "never let the truth get in the way of a good story" adage.

[RJSHUB]

This woman should be locked up She is a security risk to all people

[kirkc]

Thorpe is so misguided it is becoming laughable!

[fionaforward]

Those people in the audience clapping should be ashamed of themselves.I would have walked out.She should not get away with such terrible lies.

[uzuz]

She has done more damage to indigenous people than many.

[Robbo]

I'm of Scottish & Irish decent & family have been living in Australia for generations now but i'm sure most people are aware of the history of convict deportation to this land and how convicts were treated { if they survived the journey } . We never even think of compensation for that past or complain about the treatment we just get on with it like she should do . Tuffin up lady

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As a Aboriginal man (Wiradjuri) I feel sorry for Lydia she doesn't know much about the history of her mobs or the culture of those mobs she doesn't know that war for land was a common practise. Lydia seems to be oblivious to the decades of corruption within Aboriginal orginisations she doesn't understand that the negatives that impact Aboriginal people is the cash cow for so called leaders and organisations. In fact she appears to know very little accept to repeat the diatribe of others she should get out of politics she does more harm than good.

[mavphill]

She has bought the victim identity hook, line and sinker. Personal responsiiity is not in her vocabulary. she should resign.

[patricksobb]

It’s both ironic and a true sign of her ignorance .She speaks of ‘your’ privilege when she is paid 200k+ to do a publicly elected service role poorly, while most Australians black, white or other are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.

[paulwilson]

Lydia Thorpe is the very definition of MISINFORMATION

[JimboJones-qnwd]

Good on you Andrew for speaking the truth instead of the fantasy!

[dstan]

Good on you Andrew for having the guts to call this demagogue out on her BS, not many have your courage to do so publicly

[Swishy]

How can this woman seriously be a senator? It’s embarrassing

[thelastsausage]

Because there are no written records she can say any thing happened, but examination of 3500 sets of bones ( before that was disallowed ) showed the majority of them had over their short lives received terrible head injuries, three times more on women’s sculls than men’s and the average age of Aboriginal peoples before colonialism was about 30years
Initiation rites in some areas involve elders sleeping with 13 year old girls and younger as their initiation into womanhood- Lydia Thorpe could do with a history lesson or two

[pegsmith]

She needs to be involved in truth telling, she certainly can tell a tall story...although not based on fact. She does have white heritage - amazing how she has forgotten that.