Lidia Thorpe has aimed a jibe at two fellow senators saying they were two old white blokes in a suit that were easy to mistake because they look the same as she railed against being censured by parliament in her absence.
The barb was aimed at Labor senators Don Farrell, 70, and Murray Watt despite the 51-year-old MP being the same age as Senator Thorpe.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong moved a censure motion against Ms Thorpe in the Senate on Monday morning, claiming her outburst during the visit of King Charles III last month sought to incite outrage and grievance.
Senator Thorpe was not in the chamber to hear the censure motion, which passed by 46 votes to 12, prompting her to rip it up while on live TV on Sky News.
Fuming that the 10am vote was carried out without her, Senator Thorpe said she had been delayed on a plane when Senator Watt had texted her the vote was on.
She later clarified it was actually Senator Farrell.
Two old white blokes in a suit, they all look the same to me after a while here, she told the Senate.
Lidia Thorpe has aimed a jibe at two fellow senators saying they were two old white blokes in a suit that were easy to mistake because they look the same as she railed against being censured by parliament in her absence
Senator Thorpe protested she was denied my right to be in that chamber whilst everybody else voted to shut me down.
I’m not one to be shut down, she said.
As I say, you got three and a half years left of me and I’ll continue to decolonise and in a way that is best for this country, best for everybody in this country.
She went a step further ripping up the paper notice of the censure during a live cross by Sky News.
The censure motion is like that to me, she said as she tore the document.
I dont give a damn about censure motion. In fact, Im going to use it for kindling later on in the week.
Mr Thorpe described the censure motion as a piece of paper and a vote.
Thats what is wrong with the colony, she said.
The barb was aimed at Labor senators Don Farrell, 70, and Murray Watt (pictured) despite the 51-year-old MP being the same age as Senator Thorpe
Senator Thorpe later clarified that it was Labor minister Don Farrell (pictured) who was the correct old white bloke in a suit
There are rules that were made by a bunch of white fellas in 1901 that still stand today and thats how politicians have got away with bad behaviour.
The motion censures Senator Thorpe for the disruptive and disrespectful conduct at the Parliamentary Reception, for her disrespect of democratic institutions, including our parliament of which she is a member.
Dressed in a native fur coat, Ms Thorpe, 51, shouted that the monarch had committed genocide against our people and added f*** the colony during King Charles and Camillas visit Down Under in October.
Ms Thorpe yelled shame on you! repeatedly at her fellow parliamentarians as she entered the chambers after the censure motion had been passed.
Order! Order! Order! responded the speaker Sue Lines.
Senator Thorpe, you are out of order! Senator Thorpe, come to order!
But Ms Thorpe, who was wearing a necklace with the words Not My King written on it, continued her tirade.
Shame on you all!, she screamed.
She added: Ill do it again, and Ill do it every time!
A censure motion has no direct legal or constitutional consequences and is just a way of parliament expressing extreme disapproval.