Australian senator refers to Queen as “colonizing”

Senator Lidia Thorpe is an indigenous Australian senator who has been in office since 2020. #indigenous #australia #news

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00:00Senator Thorpe, please recite the affirmation on the card handed to you.

00:11I, Sovereign Lydia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be

00:20faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

00:27Senator Thorpe.

00:28Senator Thorpe, you are required to recite the oath as printed on the card, so please

00:36recite the oath.

00:37I, Lydia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful

00:53and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.