'I'll do it again': Lidia Thorpe responds to senate's censure

The outspoken Independent senator for Victoria has been censured for her behaviour during King Charles' visit to parliament in October, 2024.

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00:00And if the colonising king were to come to my country again, our country,

00:06then I'll do it again and I will keep doing it.

00:10I will resist colonisation in this country.

00:14I swear my allegiance to the real sovereigns of these lands.

00:18First peoples are the real sovereigns.

00:21You don't have some random king rock up and say that he's sovereign.

00:27Would you like that happening to your home?

00:29Would you like someone to knock on your door and say,

00:32time for you to leave, I'm taking over, and these are the new rules of your house?

00:39Well, not on my watch.

00:41And, you know, Wong and those that supported this,

00:48they're hypocrites, absolute hypocrites.