King Charles Heckled by Indigenous Senator in Australia's Parliament

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After delivering a speech in Australia's parliament, King Charles was heckled by Indigenous senator Lydia Thorpe, who accused the British monarch of committing genocide against Indigenous Australians and stealing their land.

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00:00On his current visit to Australia, Britain's King Charles has been called out by an indigenous

00:05senator who accused him of genocide.

00:07Give us our land back.

00:09Give us what you stole from us.

00:13Charles had just finished a speech at Parliament House when independent senator Lydia Thorpe

00:18shouted that Britain had committed genocide against indigenous Australians and stolen

00:22their land.

00:23The King is officially Australia's head of state, but some politicians, including current

00:28Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, feel the head of state should be an Australian citizen.

00:33We'll continue to resist the colony until we have a peacemaking treaty where we can

00:40celebrate this country together.

00:41We don't need a king from another country to dictate to us what we do here.

00:47Thorpe also took part in an earlier protest against the King's visit.

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