Explosive leaked resignation letter from Greens politician exposes what they really think of the party: ‘Toxic’

Dorinda Cox, who sensationally defected from the Greens to Labor last week, has accused her former party of racism and bullying in an explosive, leaked resignation letter.

The WA Senator took aim at her her former colleagues, claiming they had failed her as the party’s ‘last First Nations MP, and (they) continue to fail First Nations people’.

‘In my experience, the Greens tolerate a culture that permits violence against First Nations women within its structures,’ she wrote.

‘In this respect, the party is deeply racist.’

The resignation letter, first reported by the ABC, was leaked after Senator Cox defected to the Labor Party.

Senator Cox had only recently missed out on a leadership role in the Greens following Adam Bandt’s humiliating election defeat.

The Yamatji-Noongar woman was elected to the upper house in 2021 to fill a Greens vacancy and had been the party’s Indigenous Affairs spokesperson. 

Senator Cox was also at the centre of controversy in her party over allegations surrounding her treatment of her staff, with some accusing Cox of being a bully.

Dorinda Cox, who sensationally defected from the Greens to Labor last week, has accused her former party of racism and bullying in an explosive, leaked resignation letter (pictured: Senator Cox with Anthony Albanese following her defection to Labor)

Senator Lidia Thorpe, who left the Greens to sit as an independent, also revealed last week that she had made a bullying complaint against Senator Cox in 2022.

But in her resignation letter, Senator Cox insisted she had never been a bully but instead was a victim.

‘I have faced an unremitting campaign of bullying and dishonest claims over the last 18 months,’ Senator Cox wrote. 

‘I am not, and have never been, a bully. I do not perpetrate it.’

Senator Cox claimed her allegations that she was assaulted by a party member at Perth Airport in 2023 following a disagreement about the Voice to Parliament fell on deaf ears.

But Daily Mail Australia understands that details of the complaint went all the way to former leader Adam Bandt’s office. 

She also accused the party of presiding over a ‘toxic culture’ that saw rumours circulated about her.

‘Recently, my children were approached by a former staff member who had publicly made serious allegations about me at a Greens event,’ she wrote. 

‘This type of mobbing made its way into “moderated” online meeting chats and the widely circulated meeting minutes of the (Australian Greens First Nations Network).

Senator Lidia Thorpe (pictured), who left the Greens to sit as an independent, also revealed last week that she had made a bullying complaint against Senator Cox in 2022

‘The Greens failed in their duty of care for my staff and me, and disregarded the reported and obvious impact of what was occurring. The focus was solely on winning seats.’

Daily Mail Australia approached Greens’ leader Larissa Waters for comment.

A Greens spokesperson disputed the allegations in Senator Cox’s resignation letter, claiming they were ‘an anti-racism party, and pushing a senator to take complaints seriously is not bullying’.

‘These claims are disappointing, unrepresentative of the support Senator Cox received and ignore the substantive work undertaken by the party to find a resolution to the complaints made both by and against Senator Cox, and to address the breakdown in her relationship with Greens’ First Nations members,’ the spokesperson added. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of hypocrisy after welcoming Senator Cox into the Labor fold.

When Fatima Payman deserted Labor over its stance on Gaza, Albanese said the WA Senator should have quit parliament because voters had elected her under the ALP banner. 

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