Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian independent politician, shouted “this is not your land” at King Charles during his and Queen Camilla’s Australia visit.
Lidia Thorpe protested against King Charles’ visit to Australia. (Image: Getty)
King Charles was recently heckled by Indigenous Australian senator Lidia Thorpe, who shouted “this is not your land” and “you are not my King”.
The king and Queen Camilla were visiting Australia‘s Parliament House as part of a five-day visit to the country when Thorpe got as close as she could to the stage where they were sat alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other officials.
She yelled: “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.
“You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty, we want a treaty, we want a treaty with this country. This is not your land, this is not your land. You are not my King, you are not our King.”
After about a minute, she was forced back into the foyer, where she could be heard shouting “f*** the colonies”. Most people remained silet during the outburst, while the King spoke to
Who is Lidia Thorpe?
Thorpe is an Aboriginal Australian independent politician, representing Victoria as a Senator since 2020 – the first Aboriginal Senator from the state.
Up until February 2023, she was a member of the Australian Greens, serving as the party’s Deputy Leader in the Senate from June to October 2022.
However, she quit after disagreements on the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament to create an Australian federal advisory body made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to better represent Indigenous communities.
Thorpe then spearheaded the “progressive No” campaign before the referendum in October 2023, which resulted in the proposal being rejected as 60 percent of people voted against it.
In 2017, she became the first known Aboriginal woman elected to the state of Northcote’s parliament, where she served as a member for the division of Northcote in the Legislative Assembly until 2018.
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Lidia Thorpe shouted ‘this is not your land’ at King Charles. (Image: Getty)
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Lidia Thorpe’s past protests
Thorpe is known for her criticisms of Australian political institutions, which she sees as being borne out of colonialism.
She had to be removed from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 2023 after laying down in front of a float to protest against the police presence at the event.
The same year she was also seen being tackled to the ground by a police officer during a demonstration against an anti-transgender rights rally outside Parliament House.
The investigation into the incident by Australian Anttorney General Mark Dreyfus is still ongoing, but Thorpe has claimed she was assaulted.
