Independent senator yells ‘this is not your country’ and ‘give us a treaty’ at monarch during key event of king’s five-day visit to Australia
Senator Lidia Thorpe shouted: ‘This is not your land. You are not my king,’ during King Charles’s Monday reception at Parliament House in Canberra, and was removed.Senator Lidia Thorpe shouted: ‘This is not your land. You are not my king,’ during King Charles’s Monday reception at Parliament House in Canberra, and was removed.
“You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty in this country. You are a genocidalist.” Charles had turned to the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and talked quietly on the podium as security prevented Thorpe from approaching the monarch. Albanese called it one of the honours of his life to have led the Australian delegation attending the King’s coronation and praised the King’s engagement on issues including climate change and reconciliation.
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