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Interview

The Mission: Lidia Thorpe on the Attempted Invasion Day Bomb Attack

For Daniel James' first broadcast of the year, he is joined by independent Senator Lidia Thorpe hours after she passes a parliamentary motion to condemn the attempted bomb on a Perth Invasion Day rally.

Senator Lidia Thorpe calls in to explain why she believes the alleged attack should be formally recognised as terrorism and the need for action against systemic racism in the mainstream media.

After the March for Australia rallies, rise in Australia neo-nazis, an attack on Camp Sovereignty last year, and now an attempted bomb attack, the pair question whether attacks against First Nations Australians aren't treated as seriously as other racially motivated hate crime.

'Parties like One Nation are emboldened by these attacks and their racist rhetoric... this Parliament has to be brave in how it deals with racism.'

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe
Listen to The Mission: Lidia Thorpe on the Attempted Invasion Day Bomb Attack15:443 February 2026