How Lidia Thorpe's outburst at King Charles tops a long list of controversial stunts
Lidia Thorpes outburst at Parliament during King Charles IIIs visit is just the latest in a long list of controversial stunts the independent senator has masterminded.
Lidia Thorpes outburst at Parliament during King Charles IIIs visit is just the latest in a long list of controversial stunts the independent senator has masterminded.
From defending her bikie ex-boyfriend from deportation to screaming profanities outside a Melbourne strip club at 3am, Ms Thorpe, 51, has kept Australians on their toes since she was sworn into the Senate in 2022.
Yet she managed to top her list of stunts on Monday when she aggressively interrupted King Charles royal welcome at Parliament in front of stunned guests.
Shortly after His Majesty finished his speech praising Australia, Ms Thorpe launched into a foul-mouthed tirade by screaming f**k the colony and you are not my king.
You committed genocide against our people, she shouted, cloaked in a native fur coat.
Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us.
Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land.
Give us our treaties. We want a treaty in this country. You are a genocidalist. This is not your land, this is not your land.
Ms Thorpe, wearing a native fur coat (pictured), repeatedly shouted, Not my king, before she was ejected from the room by security on Monday
Ms Thorpe (pictured at a protest in 2022) has repeatedly made headlines for her divisive protests and opinions
Ms Thorpe then repeatedly shouted, not my king, before she was ejected from the room by security.
She was formerly a member of the Greens before leaving the party and declaring herself an independent in February 2023 during her No campaign against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Now I will be able to speak freely on all issues from a sovereign perspective without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions, she said at the time.
Greens MPs, members and supporters have told me they want to support the voice. This is at odds with the community of activists who are saying treaty before voice.
In September 2022, shortly after taking her position in Senate, she faced harsh backlash after leading a protest that smeared the wrong coat of arms with fake blood during an anti-monarchy protest.
Thousands of protesters had rallied against British colonisation in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra during the national day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.
The most dramatic scenes were in Melbourne - where demonstrators set fire to the Australian flag and smeared a royal emblem with red dye.
Thorpe was infamously filmed verbally attacking a group of men outside a Melbourne strip club (pictured)
In early 2023, Ms Thorpe (pictured) disrupted a Let Woman Speak event outside Parliament House in Canberra held by controversial womens rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull
However, protesters demonstrating outside the building that houses the British consulate unknowingly smeared the wrong royal emblem with fake blood - vandalising the coat of arms for the Portuguese monarchy.
Ms Thorpe was a leading voice in the protest, addressing the crowd with hands dripping with fake blood.
The Crown has blood on their hands. Our people are still dying in this country every single day, she said.
The Crowns boot is on our neck and were sick of it.
She followed the stunt with more antics in 2023 - including getting into an infamous row outside a Melbourne strip club.
David Ross, the general manager of Maxines Gentlemens Club in north Melbourne, previously told Daily Mail Australia Ms Thorpe had been approaching white men and telling them that theyd stolen her land before the viral 3am spray.
The senator was filmed as she let loose on a group of men, telling one youve got a small penis and another youre marked in a menacing tone.
One of the men called her a racist dog to which she responded f*** you as a friend held her back.
She told the men: All I want to say to the black brothers there and anyone that were fighting...
Any black man that stands with the f****** white little c*** like that - yous (sic) can all get f***** too!
One of the men then asked: How the f**** does someone get in parliament like you?
She hit back: Weve been repressed all our f***** life in this country and you let this little dog speak.
Ms Thorpes previous relationship with bikie boss Dean Martin (pictured together) was drawn back into the spotlight earlier this year after she claimed the government had made a mistake in cancelling his visa on character grounds
Ms Thorpe faced backlash after demonstrators at a protest she led smeared fake blood on the wrong coat of arms (pictured)
After reviewing footage of Ms Thorpes confrontation, Mr Ross said she would not be welcome back at the strip club.
In February 2023, Ms Thorpe clashed with police after interrupting Sydneys Mardi Gras parade.
She had laid down in the middle of the procession as it made its way along Oxford St, prompting the large crowd to boo at her.
Daily Mail Australia watched as Ms Thorpe suddenly crashed the police section of the parade holding her arms crossed above her head yelling f**k the police.
After chasing down officers as they marched, she repeatedly yelled her slogan in their faces as others confronted her.
She then jumped in front of the Australian Federal Police float and laid down on the ground, bringing it to a stop.
Ms Thorpe later said she was proud of her action.
Black and brown trans women started the first pride march as a protest against police violence, she wrote on Twitter.
Today, we still face violence from police. Proud to have joined the #PrideInProtest float in Sydney to say #NoPrideInGenocide, #NoPrideInPrisons and #NoCopsInPride.
Ms Thorpes previous relationship with former bikie boss Dean Martin was drawn back into the spotlight earlier this year after she claimed the government had made a mistake in cancelling his visa on character grounds.
The New Zealander is a former national president of the Rebels bikie gang and infamously dated Ms Thorpe while she was on a committee investigating bikie gangs.
In 2022, Ms Thorpe (right) marched onto the floor of Parliament with a Black Power salute to give her parliamentary oath
Despite claims she was quietly booted from the Greens for failing to disclose the relationship, Ms Thorpe came to Martins defence in July.
Ms Thorpe said while she hasnt spoken to Martin, she believed the government had made a mistake with this decision.
Mr Martin has proof, support and recognition that he is Aboriginal from Elders and community in Lutruwita Tasmania, she said.
Weve already seen the High Court rule in 2020 that the Commonwealth lacks constitutional power to deport First Peoples under the Migration Act.
The 2020 ruling reflected the Mabo decision, which recognised that First Peoples connection to this country has never been severed.
Martin did manage to avoid deportation in August after proving his Indigenous heritage.
Ms Thorpe has also made enemies within other left-wing movements and in early 2023 disrupted a Let Woman Speak event outside Parliament House in Canberra held by controversial womens rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull.
Draped in an Aboriginal flag, Ms Thorpe made a beeline toward Ms Keen-Minshull, before she was intercepted and taken down by police.
She crawled along the lawn and made her way toward a group of more than 100 pro-trans counter-protesters.
The independent black sovereignty movement senator later claimed she was pulverised by police and said Ms Keen-Minshull - who she referred to as filth - should not be allowed to speak on Aboriginal land.
Even Ms Thorpes first act as a senator was controversial.
Ms Thorpe (pictured amongst the crowd) on Monday told King Charles: You committed genocide against our people
She had marched onto the floor of Parliament with a Black Power salute to give her parliamentary oath.
After raising her right fist, Ms Thorpe sarcastically swore to serve the monarchy.
She added her own twist on the oath, saying: I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.
