Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe blasts Queen as ‘coloniser’
Lidia Thorpe has also taken aim at fellow Indigenous Senator Jacinta Price’s for an ‘absolutely disgusting personal attack’.
Outspoken Victorian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has called the Queen a “coloniser” as she labelled fellow Indigenous Senator Jacinta Price’s “personal attack” on Thursday “absolutely disgusting.”
Earlier this week, Senator Thorpe had said the Australian parliament had no permission to be here, that her role as an Indigenous woman was to “infiltrate” the senate and that the Australian flag represented colonisation.
Reaffirming her calls for Australia to become a republic on Friday, the Greens said “colonisation of this country is coming to an end”.
“How many Australians in this country wake up and put their hands on their heart for the colonising Queen?” she questioned.
Senator Price, who has been newly elected in the Northern Territory, slammed Senator Thorpe’s comments on Thursday, labelling them “childish” and “divisive” as she called on the Greens Senator to recognise her privilege.
Speaking to RN Breakfast this morning, Senator Thorpe doubled down on her comments, saying that the Australian flag represents “dispossession, massacre and genocide,” as she called out the media for “pitting two black Senators against each other.”
The Senator accused Australians of ‘bringing out the popcorn’ for an argument between two black women.
“I understand that it sells papers and it sells news,” she said.
“But I’m not going to participate in that.”
Denying that refusing to stand in front of the Australian flag was divisive, Senator Thorpe called on Greens voters who have questioned her views on the flag to listen to the concerns of Indigenous children who don’t identify with the flag or the national anthem.
“The colonial project came here and murdered our people. I’m sorry we’re not happy about that,” she said.
“If people are going to get a little bit upset along the way, well that’s just part of the truth telling. The truth hurts.”
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