Senators Consider Action Against Lidia Thorpe for Outburst at King Charles

Published on October 24, 2024

Federal government and opposition senators are debating potential action to penalise Senator Lidia Thorpe over her outburst in front of King Charles III during the royal visit on Oct. 21. Thorpe became senator as part of the Greens, before splitting from the party to become an independent. Since her outburst during the royal visit, Thorpe has doubled down saying she did not pledge an oath to the Crown—something all members of Parliament are required to do. “I swore allegiance to the Queen’s ‘hairs,'” Thorpe claimed on Nine’s Today show, and that she did not say the word “heirs” in accordance with the wording of the oath....

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