Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe calls Queen Elizabeth II a ‘colonizing’ leader during wearing-in ceremony

An indigenous Australian senator was heard on video calling Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer during her swearing-in ceremony on Monday.

The remark from Lidia Thorpe of the Australian Greens party drew jeers and groans from her colleagues inside Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra.

« I, sovereign Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful, and I bear true allegiance to the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, » Thorpe, who entered the chamber with a raised fist, was heard saying before being cut off by Senate President Sue Lines.

« You’re not a senator if you don’t do it properly, » one of Thorpe’s colleagues said.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe speaks during a rally in front of Parliament House on April 10, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Lines then asked Thorpe to recite the oath again, this time « as printed on the card. »

Before Thorpe did so, she appeared to turn around and stare down an individual, telling that person « you gotta have some respect. »

Incoming Senator Lidia Thorpe during her swearing-in at in the Senate at Parliament House in October 2020 in Canberra, Australia.
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Thorpe later retweeted a photo of the incident, writing on her account that « Sovereignty never ceded. »

Queen Elizabeth II arrives to mark the completion of London’s Crossrail project at Paddington Station on May 17, 2022 in London, England.
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The Australian Greens party, on its website, says it acknowledges « the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and culture, » and that « these lands were stolen and sovereignty was never ceded. »