Australian senate censures Indigenous lawmaker who yelled at King Charles III

They want me to kneel, to be silent, to disappear, but let me be clear ... my loyalty lies with my people, with justice, not with a government or a crown that has systematically worked to erase us,

Thorpe said

Simon Birminghamsenator

I’ll do it again, and I’ll do it every time,

Thorpe shouted in parliament when Simon Birmingham, the opposition leader in the Senate, was making his comments on the motion

This is not your country,

she said, approaching the stage and shouting at the king

I was denied my right to be in that chamber whilst everybody else voted to shut me down,

she said

The British Crown committed heinous crimes against the first peoples of this country... I will not be silent,

the independent senator said

If the colonizing king were to come to my country again, our country, then I’ll do it again,

Thorpe told reporters

Penny Wongforeign Minister

This is part of a trend that we do see internationally which, quite frankly, we do not need here in Australia,

Wong told the Senate

You are not our king. You are not sovereign,

Thorpe yelled at Charles as she was led by security guards from the reception

The bubble of white privilege that encapsulates this parliament is a systemic issue,

Faruqi said

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,

she added

And I will keep doing it. I will resist colonization in this country. I swear my allegiance to the real sovereigns of these lands; First Peoples are the real sovereigns. You don’t have some random king rock up and say he’s sovereign,

she added

I will not be silent. The truth is, this colony is built on stolen land, stolen wealth and stolen lives,

Thorpe said in the statement

The radical authoritarian left has taken offence for a tweet which did not mention, target or reference any individual. Maybe they should have considered censuring my colleagues who regularly and consistently direct abuse and vitriol towards other people and our great nation,

Babet said

They don’t mind what I said, it’s how I said it. They need to check themselves,

Thorpe said

Why wasn’t I allowed to be here?”

Thorpe could be heard calling out

This motion shows where the major parties priorities lie. They don’t stand with First Peoples in this country. They stand against justice for our people, preferring instead to defend a foreign king, rather than listen to the truth,

she said in a statement

In my house we say phaggot [sic], retard and n----r,

Babet wrote in the caption