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View from The Hill: We have bigger issues around freedom of speech than Lidia Thorpe’s noisy protest

King Charles – as the old-fashioned saying goes – didn’t come down in the last shower. He’s unlikely to have been fazed by the outburst from independent senator Lidia Thorpe, who disrupted Monday’s Parliament House reception for the royals.

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OPINION - Can King Charles and the British monarchy survive in the age of global social justice?

Yesterday Charles III was heckled in Parliament House in Canberra. He might consider it a happy milestone: he has only been on the throne two years. Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous independent senator, shouted: “You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from…

Evening Standard

King Charles Australia visit wrap: key moments from day two of the royal tour

King says Australia’s climate leadership of ‘critical importance’ in Parliament House address disrupted by Indigenous senator’s protest

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'He was absolutely delighted': King Charles III gets a boost from warm, Canberra crowds

The royal couple returned to Sydney on Monday afternoon.

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Afternoon Update: Senator heckles the royals; new guidelines for ‘forever chemicals’; and Hephner the alpaca’s big moment

Independent senator approaches stage at Parliament House and yells ‘this is not your land’ at the monarch

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King Charles heckled by Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at Australia’s Parliament House

Independent senator yells ‘this is not your country’ and ‘give us a treaty’ at monarch during key event of king’s five-day visit to Australia

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Thorpe says she intended to hand king ‘a notice of complicity in genocide’ – as it happened

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Where to see the King and Queen in Canberra today

It's a lovely spring day in Canberra for the royal visit.

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Charles and Camilla’s big day out

The royals are continuing their tour Down Under with a visit to Parliament House, and Peter Dutton has announced a new housing policy.

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Parliament House beekeeper launches his first book

And, he reckons, you could easily keep bees on a city balcony

The Canberra Times

Anti-corruption raid at Parliament House related to Department of Parliamentary Services, sources say

Exclusive: department was closed off for Nacc search unrelated to any current or former member of parliament

The Guardian - AU

Parliament House raided by anti-corruption commission

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has confirmed a raid took place at Parliament House but did not relate to a current or former politician.

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Morning Mail: Israel signals bigger push into Lebanon, anti-corruption raid on parliament, Britain leaves last African colony

Residents ordered to leave Lebanese city as Joe Biden discusses strikes on Iranian oil industry; police enter Parliament House in ‘ongoing investigation’

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Anti-corruption officers raid Parliament House but remain tight-lipped on target of ‘ongoing investigation’

Exclusive: Nacc says ‘operational activity’ does not involve any current or former member of parliament

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Nationals MP wins pollie relay - with help from his Olympian friends

No, it wasn't quite boot camp on the lawns outside Parliament House on Thursday morning.

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Court 'can't factor' Palestine into sentencing Parliament House climbers

Trespassers learn fate after government condemns actions.

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Parliament House lights up green and gold for the Paris Paralympics

The lights were on until midnight Wednesday

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View from The Hill: New watchdog won’t stop bad behaviour in parliament

The extensive fallout from the rape of then Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in a ministerial office continues to reverberate through both the legal and political systems, long after that fateful night in Parliament House in 2019.

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Pro-Palestine protesters plead guilty to Parliament House trespass

They scaled the roof, unfurled banners and threw paper planes.

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Security boosted at Parliament House after protests

Protesters who climbed onto the roof at Parliament House have triggered upgrades to security measures, with longer-term options being considered.

AAP

Palestine protesters must face 'full force' of law: PM

The prime minister has accused protesters of undermining democracy after they breached parliamentary security to unfurl pro-Palestinian banners.

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Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested After Scaling Parliament House In Wild Scenes

A group of protesters have been arrested after they displayed pro-Palestine banners up at the entrance of Parliament House.

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Pro-Palestine protesters scale roof of Australia’s Parliament House

The protesters rolled out several banners, including one that said ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’.

The Canberra Times

'Tonight it's Vinnies' House': CEO Sleepout at Parliament raises $800k - and counting

Principals, volunteers, public servants, builders, lawyers and others.

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Australia complains to Chinese embassy over ‘ham-fisted’ attempt at blocking view of Cheng Lei at event

Anthony Albanese describes behaviour of officials at Parliament House during Chinese premier Li Qiang’s visit as ‘clumsy’

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