Firebrand Indigenous politician Lidia Thorpe has interrupted King Charles’ address at Parliament House in Canberra with a foul-mouthed rant, after he finished a speech praising his welcome to .
Senator Thorpe, a high-profile activist with a track record of stunts at major political events, screamed out ‘f*** the colony’ and ‘you are not my king’, wrapped in a native fur coat.
‘You committed genocide against our people,’ she shouted. ‘Give us our land back.
‘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 genocidalist. This is not your land, this is not your land.’
Senator Thorpe then repeatedly yelled, ‘Not my king,’ as she was led out of the room by security.
Before her outburst, Senator Thorpe had turned her back as the n anthem was played.
Earlier in the day, Senator Thorpe appeared close to being arrested while protesting the visit of the King and Queen Camilla to Canberra.
A confrontation with police took place at an Indigenous protest outside the n War Memorial.
A group of some two dozen Indigenous protesters positioned themselves outside the Memorial, chanting ‘always was, always will be Aboriginal land’.
The group was well away from where the King and Queen appeared.
Senator Thorpe was seen arguing with a police officer who held onto her shirt.
She then pulled her shirt off and stormed away from the cop.
‘Everything that we suffer in this country is because of that colonial invasion,’ Senator Thorpe said after the tussle.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe argues with a police officer
Senator Thorpe was elected as member of the Greens but quit the party in February last year over disagreements concerning the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Now sitting as an independent, she has been an outspoken critic of the monarchy and Britain’s arrival on the n continent in 1788.
In a statement released on Monday, Senator Thorpe said the British Crown and King Charles should be prosecuted for ‘genocide’.
She also said a treaty with Indigenous ns ‘must be central’ in any move towards a republic.
She said First Nations ns should play a key role in rewriting the Constitution, and a charter or rights should be established to enshrine the universal declaration of human rights and the United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
‘There’s unfinished business that we need to resolve before this country can become a republic,’ Senator Thorpe said.
‘This must happen through Treaty. We can move towards a Treaty Republic now. The two processes are not opposed, they’re complimentary.’
‘As First Peoples, we never ceded our Sovereignty over this land. The Crown invaded this country, has not sought treaty with First Peoples, and committed a Genocide of our people. King Charles is not the legitimate Sovereign of these lands.’