Senator Lidia Thorpe has been escorted from Parliament House’s Great Hall after unleashing a verbal tirade directed at King Charles during His Majesty’s visit to Canberra.
The King had just finished his speech and was returning to his seat after shaking hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when Thorpe began yelling from the back of the room.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Senator Lidia Thorpe yells at King Charles.
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“You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us, our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people, you destroyed our land,” Thorpe said during her outburst on Monday.
“We want a treaty in this country.
“This is not your land. You are not my King, you are not our King.”
Security surrounded Thorpe, who was then escorted from the hall where a reception for political and community leaders, and Australians who have excelled in the fields of health, arts, culture and sport was being held.
The King continued to chat with Albanese during the disruption, which lasted about one minute.
It came on the same day Thorpe narrowly avoided arrest after an exchange with a police officer outside the Australian War Memorial.
The King and wife Queen Camilla are a few days into a short stay in Australia, visiting Canberra and Sydney.
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