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AUSTRALIA – « You are not our king! “. Monday October 21 in Canberra, Aboriginal Australian senator Lidia Thorpe challenged King Charles III during his visit to the Australian Parliament, shouting anti-monarchist slogans. The British sovereign is on a nine-day visit to Australia and Samoa, his first major overseas tour since he was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.
As you can see in our video at the top of the articlethe parliamentarian challenged Charles III by shouting “ Give us back our lands, give us back what you stole from us! », after he gave a speech to the country’s elected officials and officials. Wearing a fur cape, the independent senator denounced what she called the genocide of indigenous Australians during the era of European colonization of Australia: “ You committed genocide against our people, give us back our lands, give us back what you stole from us! Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people! You have destroyed our lands! »
Australia was a British colony for more than a century, during which thousands of Aboriginal Australians were killed and entire communities displaced. The country gained de facto independence in 1901, but never became a full republic. King Charles remains head of state.
An anti-monarchist senator
Senator Lidia Thorpe is known for her political stunts and her fierce opposition to the monarchy. When she was sworn in in 2022, she raised her right fist as she reluctantly vowed to serve Queen Elizabeth II, Australia’s then head of state. “ I solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the colonizer Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II “, she said before being reprimanded.
Australia rejected by referendum in 1999 a change of Constitution to become a Republic. No reform in this sense is any longer on the agenda. In 2023, Australians rejected in another referendum measures to recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and create an Indigenous Consultative Assembly.
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