‘You’re Not Our King’: Indigenous Senator Heckles King Charles In Australia Parliament
An Indigenous Australian senator, Lidia Thorpe, heckled King Charles during his visit to the Australian parliament on Monday. After Charles concluded his speech at the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra, she shouted anti-colonial slogans, and accused the crown of stealing Aboriginal land.
Charles and Queen Camilla are on a 5-day visit to Australia, marking his inaugural visit to the country as monarch.
According to The Guardian, Charles' speech touched upon his time as a school student in Australia, the COVID-19 pandemic and Australia’s vulnerability to the climate crisis. Following this, Thorpe, an independent senator from Victoria, approached the stage yelling “this is not your country”.
She continued, “You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us wha...