King Charles greets happy crowds, an angry MP and an alpaca on visit to Canberra

The independent senator has a point. Stolen land by ruthless colonialists. Shame.

Moments later, independent senator and indigenous activist Lidia Thorpe strode up toward the podium shouting that she did not accept Charles' sovereignty over Australia.

"You committed genocide against our people," she said. "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 treaty."

Really uncalled for. King Charles didn't commit genocide against anyone.

JJEToday 02:49 pm JST

The independent senator has a point. Stolen land by ruthless colonialists. Shame.

And yet it wasn't in 2014-2024, so what is the most shameful?

The independent senator has a point. Stolen land by ruthless colonialists. Shame.

Nonsense.

What are you proposing? Sending these "colonialists" back to the UK, Ireland, Italy, Greece, China, India, NZ and Vietnam, among others? Should they take their hospitals, schools and medicines back with them?

Senator Thorpe is a disgrace. She is of European origin with barely any Aboriginal background whatsoever. The rumours are that she she is a raging alcoholic - certainly easy to believe.

well done Lidia...

Not too surprised you are taking the side of an ultra far-left politician.

Independent senator and indigenous activist Lidia Thorpe strode up toward the podium shouting that she did not accept Charles' sovereignty over Australia.

Welcome to Country. I'd like to acknowledge the early pioneers who came to this country over two hundred years ago and developed an almost uninhabitable land by establishing farms, roads, schools, hospitals, towns and cities, railways, ports and harbours, universities, health clinics, telecommunications, factories and industries, warm (or cool) comfortable homes, shopping centres, a reliable abundant food supply, libraries, clean water, electricity and gas, airlines, the mining industry ... the list goes on.

Welcome to my country.

well done Lidia...

When you constantly remind the population that the land is not theirs, it's much easier to take it away in the future... 'you will own nothing, and you will be happy'.

Hardly surprising the Radical Left Globalists would be in support of such an authoritarian/fascist stance.

Bravo, Jay. In a land where most MPs are dreadful embarrassments, Lidia Thorpe would have to be among the worst.

Albanese praised Charles for his long advocacy about the threat of climate change

but didn't mention, I suppose, the carbon footprint of KC's intercontinental junket (and the accompanying Meeja circus).....

What a pointless protest. Just makes her look like an immature child. Her own father has describer her as 'racist against white people' and she herself has partly English and Irish heritage.....so without the evil colonialists she wouldn't even exist. Sit down and shut up.

Also, I wouldn't describe her as 'left-wing'. Left wing people can still be Royalists and like tradition and ceremony. She's just a spoiled brat.

Unfortunately the truth is that Australians are known for not being welcoming to other races as well as to the original inhabitants of the land. The people actually voted against the local inhabitants in a recent referendum.

Japantime - where'd you get that information?

At last count over 250 different ethnicities in Australia.

Nearly 30% of all Australians were born overseas. %0% of Australians have 1 parent born overseas.

In the last decade the biggest increases in immigrants country of birth have all been Asian - India, Nepal, Philippines, China & Vietnam.

The recent vote was not "against the Aboriginal people". The poorly constructed referendum was for a voice and permanent representation in parliament for Aboriginal people. A large number of prominent Aboriginal leaders and spoke persons were against it because of it's lackings. Many details were not specified, worrying people of all backgrounds.

All of this stuff is easily found.

The people actually voted against the local inhabitants in a recent referendum.

Hilarious naivety.

Even this looney tunes Senator Lidia Thorpe campaigned AGAINST constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians.

The strongest voice against the constitutional recognition was another indigenous woman - Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

She's got a point - have you read what the British/Australians did to the Aborigines on Tasmania? Absolutely sickening genocide.

If Aussies don't like the KOE being their king, take a page out of America's history and tell him to long walk/short plank it. If it's just the PM getting up set, then the people should tell him to shut it.

Does the KOE have any real influence there anyway??

Lidia Thorpe is of part Aboriginal heritage, and is politically active, and well-intentioned, but can act a bit over the top sometimes; this was one occasion! Like the alpaca, she was just doing her thing!

Lidia Thorpe is of part Aboriginal heritage, and is politically active, and well-intentioned,

What? Lidia Thorpe is a member of parliament where he is the Head of State. He literally is her king. She also swore an oath to serve said king, and she is paid $250k per year to do so. How about withdrawing her allegiance and paying back the money she took from hardworking Australian tax payers if she doesn't want to represent us with integrity and respect.

You could almost see Lidia's tonsils.

Some good photos generally, though.

If Australians want independence they can go for it.

"You committed genocide against our people," she said. "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 treaty."

Well done lady..

Really uncalled for. King Charles didn't commit genocide against anyone.

But represents all the history of piracy, slavery and genocide of the millions of indigenous people by the good old British..

Get a book, learn history..

I live in New Zealand. We a part of The Commonwealth.

I just cannot connect with this couple.

Queen Elisabeth & Prince Phillip were so much more Regal.

If Australians want independence they can go for it.

Australia is an independent nation. Just as Canada, NZ, Malaysia, Singapore etc. They are all independent nations who are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Australia is an independent nation. 

They didn't look very independent when the British High Commissioner dismissed the Gough Whitlam government. As long as Australia is tied to the UK and their ridiculous royal clown show they are not a truly independent nation.

They didn't look very independent when the British High Commissioner dismissed the Gough Whitlam government. 

The Australian government in '75 was not dismissed by the "British High Commissioner". It was dismissed by the Governor General.

There are over 50 nations in the Comminwealth of nations - India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Canada, Bangladesh, Australia, NZ, Malaysia and so on. They are most certainly independent in 2024.

The Australian government in '75 was not dismissed by the "British High Commissioner". It was dismissed by the Governor General.

Yeah I got the title wrong, but I didn't get what happened wrong. A British official dismissed a sitting Australian government. Gough Whitlam should have told the Brits to get stuffed but he didn't. The Malays or Bangladeshis wouldn't have succumbed to such degradation. They would have told the Brits where to go, sideways with a twist. But not the Australians. They rolled over for their masters. That tells me Australia is nor really independent. They remain a colony of the UK. Both nations are deplorable.

@ DT - Worth noting that the GG was an Australian - John Kerr - who acted off his own bat, not under orders of the British 50 years ago.

Australians are generally not enthused with the idea of a Republic, I guess they look around and see the shocking, deteriorating standard of many of them. Having a very stable constitutional monarchy is - I guess - preferable to a Republic.

Australia is nor really independent. They remain a colony of the UK. Both nations are deplorable.

The Canadian and NZ governments also choose Governors General. Are they also still "colonies" and not independent in your thinking? Are they "deplorable" too?

Well done lady..

Their monarchy, their choice to change it. LOOOOOOL