Lidia Thorpe

Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian politician. She has been a federal senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state.

On 21 October 2024, Thorpe shouted at King Charles III, "This is not your land, you are not my King" and making claims of genocide against "our people", after he finished his speech at Australia's Parliament House, as part of his royal visit to Australia. As she was taken away by security, she shouted "Fuck the Colony". On 18 November 2024, the Australian Senate voted 46-12 to censure Thorpe.

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