Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe was instructed to retake her oath of office on Monday after she changed it to label Britain’s queen a colonizer. — via nationalpost government politics news worldnews
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe told parliament’s upper house with her right fist raised above her head that she would “bear true allegiance to the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”Article contentThe 96-year-old monarch is also Australia’s head of state.
After a pause, Thorpe — a senator since September 2020 who retained her seat at a Federal election in May — recited the affirmation correctly.
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