<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>333376</docID> <postdate>2024-11-18 11:19:37</postdate> <headline>Lidia Thorpe censured after King Charles protest</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-333377" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241118135398770223-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>An unrepentant Lidia Thorpe told parliament she would repeat her protest to the King. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Kat Wong</strong> in Canberra</span></p> <p><strong>The Senate has reprimanded independent senator Lidia Thorpe over her protest at a parliamentary ceremony for King Charles during the monarch's Australian tour.</strong></p> <p>Government leader Penny Wong said the senator's outburst sought to "incite outrage and grievance".</p> <p>"This is part of a trend that we do see internationally which, quite frankly, we do not need here in Australia," Senator Wong told parliament on Monday.</p> <p>Senator Thorpe challenged the King and Queen Camilla during a welcome reception at Parliament House in October.</p> <p>The indigenous senator claimed the monarch had "committed genocide against our people" and urged him to "give us what you stole from us – our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people".</p> <p>Senator Wong said the censure vote – 46-12 – signalled that Australian politicians should uphold standards of respect during visits by dignitaries.</p> <p>Senator Thorpe arrived in the chamber after the vote, citing a plane delay for her absence.</p> <p>"Shame on you all" she said.</p> <p>"If (the king) comes back in, I'll do it again."</p> <p>Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi decried the motion and called on politicians to listen to the concerns of indigenous Australians.</p> <p>"The bubble of white privilege that encapsulates this parliament is a systemic issue," she said.</p> <p>"That's why we are here today, debating a black senator being censured for telling the truth of the British crown's genocide on First Nations people and telling it the way she wants to."</p> </body>