The controversial Greens Senator branded the Queen a 'coloniser' and appeared to give a black power salute as she recited her oath of allegiance on Monday morning.
Greens leader Adam Bandt threw his support behind Ms Thorpe's gesture, tweeting:"Always was. Always will be."
“The colonial project came here and murdered our people well I’m sorry that we’re not happy about that,” she told ABC radio in June.
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