Thorpe censured by Senate for King Charles protest

By PETER ROWE

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe says she doesn’t give a damn after she was censured by the Senate on Monday following her protest during King Charles’ Australia visit last month.

Senator Thorpe said the motion was “a clear articulation of the racism that I continually have to deal with in my workplace.”

She added: “A time where you see Labor and the Liberal party come together to shut down a Blak voice — that’s been happening in this country for over 200 years.”

The Senate passed a motion 46 votes to 12 to censure her over her actions when she interrupted a reception for the Kind at the Great Hall of Parliament in Canberra last month.

Senator Thorpe told reporters she “did not give a damn” about being censured as tore up there motion paper in front of media.

A censure motion has no legal effect but serves as an expression of the Senate’s disapproval of her actions.

Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi said the motion was a “disgrace”.

“I hope you hang your heads in shame,” she said to those who supported Thorpe’s censure,” she said.