Dressed in a native fur coat, Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, shouted at Parliament House in Canberra that the King had 'committed genocide against our people', adding: 'F*** the colony'.
An Australia n politician was slammed as 'disrespectful and rude' today after staging a foul-mouthed protest at a royal reception attended by the King and Queen.
As security guards began to usher Senator Thorpe away, she became more animated and continued to shout: 'This is not your land. This is not your land. You are not my King. You are not my King.' Senator Lidia Thorpe, 51, launched a foul-mouthed tirade at the King during his visit to Parliament House Firebrand Indigenous politician Lidia Thorpe has interrupted King Charles' address at Parliament House with a foul-mouthed rant, after he finished his speech praising Australia
She was sitting on the stage with them when Senator Thorpe staged her intervention and said: 'It was fabulous right up until that incident. I thought she was disrespectful and out of line. She does not speak for me or my family. 'We are all so disappointed by it. To have that in the Great Hall? Disgusting. I am so upset about her. He has waited so long to be King, he has rehearsed for it all his life. He is our King, our sovereign and he has got cancer.
Britain's King Charles leaves after a visit to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation National Bushfire Behaviour Research Laboratory in Canberra today Charles spoke quietly with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as they sat on the podium while security officials stopped Senator Thorpe from approaching any further and escorted her out of the Great Hall.
Mr Payne, who was awarded the highest military honour for his service in Vietnam, was one of the guests who spoke with the King as the royal couple left the reception.Another guest, businessman Dick Smith, said the disruption was an aspect of Australian democracy. 'I think that's the wonderful part of our democracy - that she's not going to be put in jail,' he said.
The King and Queen were met with loud cheers from the hundreds of well-wishers, drowning out a handful of protestors with a 'decolonise' banner calling for indigenous rights and waving Palestinian and Lebanese flagsEarlier in the day, Thorpe appeared close to being arrested while protesting the visit of the King and Queen Camilla to Canberra.
Read More Senator Lidia Thorpe who heckled King is controversial politician who called Queen a 'coloniser' They received a formal Welcome to Ngunnawal Country by senior Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Violet Sheridan. If was after the King had returned to his seat that Thorpe broke free from the area where she had been standing.Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe argues with a police officer at a protest outside the Australian War Memorial
'All of the wealth that he has created for his family has been stolen. He should apologise for taking our land. We need a peace treaty.' Albanese recalled the King's Australian 'educational experiences, ranging from your time at Timbertop to your time at the Countdown studio being interview by Molly Meldrum. Both, in their own ways, deeply formative experiences.'
She was even forced to quit as Greens party deputy leader in the Senate after she failed to disclose her relationship with former biker gang boss Dean Martin Hicks said: 'I said thank you for the King for going to Southport after the attack and he said that he was pleased he could go and that the people there were very resilient.'
She found that local charities were overwhelmed with unwanted items poor quality goods but desperately in need of essential items such as sanitary products for women fleeing domestic violence or steel-capped boots for unemployed fathers seeking work. As Juliette thanked her for her support Camilla said she did what she could from the Uk, saying: 'It' a long way away.''I was so pleased to find this. You will just get bigger and bigger, your support is so needed.'
A handful of locals shouted 'get lost' and 'get a life' in frustration, while one man told them: 'Be thankful you live in a free society where you can argue across the street.' 'The warmth and scale of the reception was truly awesome. While they are grateful to all the crowds, Their Majesties particularly enjoyed hearing individual stories of those who'd made such a special effort to be there.'
Earlier the The King and Queen arrived in Canberra on a Royal Australian Air Force jet to be greeted with a welcome to country and smoking ceremony. 'They will sleep like babies tonight because it has eucalyptus leaves and lemon grass leaf. We knew because of his cancer we wanted to make it really nice and fragrant.'
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