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This is the moment senator Lidia Thorpe heckles King Charles during a reception in Australia’s parliament. Security stopped Ms Thorpe from getting close and ushered her out of the chamber as the ...
Lidia Alma Thorpe [6] was born on 18 August 1973 [7] [1] in Carlton, Victoria, [8] [9] to Roy Illingworth [10] and Marjorie Thorpe. [4] She is of English, Irish, [10] Djab Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara descent. [11] Thorpe grew up in Housing Commission flats in Collingwood and went to Gold Street Primary School in Clifton Hill. [4]
Lidia Thorpe, 51, an outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights, shouted at the King in a fiery address during his royal reception in Great Hall of Parliament House on Monday.
Australian senator Lidia Thorpe has made headlines around the world after denouncing King Charles following his Parliament House reception speech.. Lidia Thorpe, 51, accused the British monarchy ...
Thorpe had seven children with her husband, and later fostered two more on her own. [2]Her daughter Marjorie Thorpe was a commissioner on the Stolen Generations inquiry that produced the Bringing Them Home report, and later a member of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, and a preselected Australian Greens federal candidate for the electorate of Gippsland. [4]
Former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, newly-elected Independent MP for the seat of Fowler Dai Le, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and Labor Sports Minister Anika Wells were all featured in ...
Lidia Thorpe approached the stage shouting “you are not my king” and accusing the King of “committing genocide against our people” (via REUTERS) Aunty Violet Sheridan, a senior Ngunnawal ...
This list of Indigenous Australian politicians includes Indigenous Australians who have been members of Australian legislatures—federal, state or territory. It does not include those elected to local councils (including mayors), Governors/Governors-General, leaders of political parties (outside of parliament), Indigenous Australians actively involved in political institutions and those who ...