Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders are divided over Lidia Thorpe’s noisy protest against King Charles, but the Victorian independent senator appears set to avoid parliamentary sanction.
The former Green and Djabwurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman disrupted a parliamentary reception for King Charles and Queen Camilla in Canberra on Monday, winning condemnation from MPs and worldwide media coverage for her protest against British colonisation.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra Bureau Chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
