Australian senator calls the Queen a coloniser while being sworn into parliament
The assistant minister for the republic, Matt Thistlethwaite, last week told Nine newspapers that swearing allegiance to the Queen was “archaic and ridiculous”.
Thorpe last month described Australia as a “colonial project” and said the national flag did not represent her.
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