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King Charles heckled by Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at Australia’s Parliament House

King Charles heckled by Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at Australia’s Parliament House



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 AustraliaKing Charles has been heckled by an Indigenous Australian senator, who called for a treaty and accused the crown of stealing Aboriginal land, as he concluded a speech at Parliament House in Canberra.Charles, on a five-day visit to Australia with Queen Camilla, addressed MPs and senators in the Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday. It was a key moment of his inaugural visit to Australia as monarch. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/21/king-charles-australia-visit-heckled-senator-lidia-thorpe-parliament-house-canberra

Author : Kate Lyons and Karen Middleton

Publish date : 2024-10-21 05:49:11

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