Indigenous Australian Senator Criticizes King Charles III
An Indigenous senator has intensified her criticism of King Charles III, accusing the British monarch of complicity in the “genocide” against Australia’s First Peoples.
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe disrupted proceedings at a parliamentary reception, shouting at the King about British colonizers taking Indigenous land and bones.
She declared she will not be “shut down”
Senator Thorpe’s comments followed an encounter with the monarch where she was escorted out.
- Senator Lidia Thorpe is an Indigenous Australian senator.
- She accused King Charles III of complicity in the “genocide” against Australia’s First Nations peoples.
Author summary: Senator criticizes King Charles III over Indigenous rights.