EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: “Australia, like New Zealand, Canada or Jamaica, is a Commonwealth country where King Charles serves as the head of state. But opinions are mixed in the former British colony, where public support for a republic has steadily grown since Australians voted against it in 1999. The country’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is himself a long-term republican, although he has said a new referendum on the matter is off the table for now.
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct, 21, 2024 — King Charles has been heckled by an Australian senator during his first visit in the country as monarch.
Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian lawmaker from Victoria, made claims of genocide against “our people” and shouted, “This is not your land, you are not my King,” before she was escorted away by security.
She later told my colleagues in Canberra she had wanted to send a “clear message” to the King. Australia, like New Zealand, Canada or Jamaica, is a Commonwealth country where King Charles serves as the head of state. But opinions are mixed in the former British colony, where public support for a republic has steadily grown since Australians voted against it in 1999.
The country’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is himself a long-term republican, although he has said a new referendum on the matter is off the table for now. Buckingham Palace has made no official comment on Thorpe’s protest, instead focusing on the crowds who had turned up to see the King and Queen in Canberra.
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