Firebrand Ingidenous politician Lidia Thorpe interrupted King Charles’ speech in Parliament with a foul-mouthed rant, after he ended his speech praising Australia.
Senator Thorpe shouted “fuck the colony” and “you’re not my king.”
“You committed genocide against our people,” she screamed, while wrapped in a native fur coat.
‘Give us back our land. Give us what you stole from us. Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land.
‘Give us our treaties. We want a treaty in this country. You are a genocide. This is not your land, this is not your land.’
Senator Thorpe then repeatedly shouted: “Not my king,” before security removed her from the room.
Before his outburst, Senator Thorpe had turned his back on him as the Australian anthem played.
Senator Lidia Thorpe interrupted King Charles’ speech in Parliament
That same day, Senator Thorpe was nearly arrested while protesting King Charles and Queen Camilla’s visit to Canberra.
The fight with police took place at an Indigenous protest outside the Australian War Memorial.
A group of about two dozen Indigenous protesters positioned themselves in front of the Memorial, chanting “always was, always will be Aboriginal land.”
The group was quite far from where the King and Queen appeared.
Senator Thorpe was seen arguing with a police officer who grabbed his shirt.
Then she took off her shirt and stormed away from the police officer.
“Everything we suffered in this country is because of that colonial invasion,” Senator Thorpe said after the fight.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe argues with a police officer. Image: NewsWire
Senator Thorpe is an outspoken critic of the monarchy and British intrusion into the Australian continent.
In a statement released on Monday, Senator Thorpe said the British Crown and King Charles should be prosecuted for “genocide”.
He also said a treaty with indigenous Australians “must be central” to any move towards a republic.
He said First Nations Australians should play a key role in rewriting the Constitution, and a bill of rights should be established to enshrine the universal declaration of human rights and the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples .
“There are outstanding issues that we must resolve before this country can become a republic,” he said.
‘This must happen through a Treaty. We can move towards a Treaty Republic now. The two processes are not opposed, they are complementary.’
‘As Native Peoples, we never gave up our sovereignty over this land. The Crown invaded this country, did not seek a treaty with the First Peoples, and committed genocide of our people. King Charles is not the legitimate sovereign of these lands.
