Lidia Thorpe calls out fellow politicians after her viral King Charles III protest

Lidia Thorpe told SBS News that calls for her to step down as a senator, following her admission she may not have sworn allegiance to the King, amount to "just another day in the colony".

The Independent senator says black people in Australia are used to being shut down as she remains defiant in the face of criticism after disrupting the King’s parliamentary welcome ceremony, where she repeatedly shouted: "You are not our king. You are not our sovereign."

Thorpe said in an interview with SBS News that her parliamentary colleagues talk about free speech while trying to silence her.

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Chapters:

0:00 Has the protest backfired?
1:20 The impact of the protest against King Charles III
2:39: Political will to address treaty
4:10 Heirs or hairs?
5:10 Was Thorpe renouncing her oath by protesting?
5:43 Would you restate your oath of allegiance?
7:08 Do you have allegiance to the king?
8:08 Criticism from other politicians
8:38 What kind of toll has the protest taken on Thorpe?
9:47 Have other politicians offered to work with Thorpe?
11:05 How does Thorpe know if the protest was successful?
11:55 Decolonising Samoa and other Pacific nations
12:55 The Australian response

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