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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Tony Jones

King lambasted by Australian senator for ‘genocide’ against indigenous people

A protester interrupts during the Ceremonial Welcome to Australia for the King and Queen at Australian Parliament House in Canberra (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Wire)

The King has been berated by an Australian senator who told him “You are not my King” and demanded a treaty between Australia’s First Nations and its government.

Senator Lidia Thorpe waited until the end of a landmark speech Charles gave at Australia’s Parliament House, in the nation’s capital of Canberra, to verbally attack him and claim “genocide” had been committed against the Commonwealth country’s indigenous people.

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