'Bear allegiance to colonising Queen' Moment MP retakes oath after spurning monarch
  • 7 months ago
Indigenous Australian MP Lidia Thorpe made the controversial claim of calling Queen Elizabeth II a "coloniser" during the swearing-in of the 47th parliament. While pledging allegiance to the Queen during a swearing-in ceremony before fellow MPs, MP Thorpe called the Queen a coloniser. Having prefaced her allegiance with "colonising", she was told to repeat the oath of allegiance. She said: "I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II." Following criticism from other senators, Labour Senate president Sue Lines called on Ms Thorpe to repeat the line. "You are required to recite t ...
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