Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on Senator Lidia Thorpe heckling King Charles at Parliament House

King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to Australia hasn't run as smoothly as expected.

Security staff have removed Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe after she yelled ' not my king' and 'F the Colony' at the King after his speech at Parliament House today. 

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says Thorpe's views aren't representative of the wider opinion. 

"It's been the only speedbump in what has been, overall, a really joyous occasion. All the 24-hour news channels are wall to wall with people going to see King Charles."

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand Business. Oliver Peterson six PR Perth Life
Presenters with us OLI. Hello, get ahead us So what's
Lydia Thorpe just done?

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well? She has just been removed from an official ceremony
for the King at Parliament House. As he finished his speech,
she was yelling out and I think we have some
of what she said. Take a listen.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
No we don't. Unfortunately we don't know. We come back
to it.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
That's all right. So this is not your land, she
yelled out to the King. He was walking away from
the podium after saying his final words at the Great
Hall in Parliament House, and she was yelling from the
back of the room this is not your land. You
are not my king. And security just came and obviously
have kicked her out of the parlor. This is an
Australian senator. Obviously we're talking about Lydia Thorpe. It's been
the only speed bump in what has been overall a

(00:49):
really joyous occasion. As I talked to you nowt here
that all the twenty four hour news channels are wall
to wall with people going to see King Charles in Canberra.
My niece got to see him yesterday. She was just
walking through this streets of Sydney after a tennis lesson,
and she sent me a little video. She was so
excited to see him. So, you know, he's doing the rounds,
he's got official engagements, he's been meeting members of the public.

(01:10):
And you know who says that Australians don't like the monarchy, Well, hold.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
On a second. Your niece is just wandering down the
street and she bumps into the king. That's a thin crowd,
isn't it.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
She just finished tennis. Like it's what happens in Australia.
Like you just walk around, there's a king, getto mate,
there's a private get elbow. I mean, you're from New Zealand, like,
you know your.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Happens here exactly. I'm surprised it happens to your people.
Why was he only at that lunch for ten minutes
though it's an luncheon his honor, I know, you.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Know what, and I just think I think he's just
feeling it. Yeah, he's not hundred, is he. It's obvious.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
So what he showed up, had the first course and
then bugged off to have some nuts?

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Correct? Did what he had to do? You know, look
at everybody waves, smile like he probably never come back
here again, you know, unfortunately sadly. Yeah, but you know
it's good to see him out and about he's coming
to New Zealand, isn't he next?

Speaker 1 (02:02):
No, he gave us the bump. What are you do?
You know that you're just rubbing it in. You absolutely
know that. How about the netball though? Did you enjoy that?

Speaker 2 (02:11):
What don't we talking? You know what? While you're on that,
why don't I give you some real praise with a
cricket like New Zealand beating India over the weekends amazing,
so good.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
And then the cricket ladies took out the Tea twenty
World Cup over the Wigians. And then in the football
the Auckland team, you beat the Brisbane team in the football,
look at one.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Big happy family. When we want to beat when it's
on my.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Team next, you're going to be like, it's just a
part of Australia, don't worry about it.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Correct.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
How expensive is this unlawful sacond going to be for quantas?

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Oh? Big time, huge, massive if this is replicated, and
it should because remember seventeen hundred workers were still down
or illegally sacked. It was in the end, through the
COVID years three of the men offered one hundred and
seventy thousand dollars. Now we're talking about this now having
the potential of over fifty million dollars plus ground crew compensation.

(03:02):
So the Transport Workers Union is going to go really
hard at the National Carrier over this. Justice Michael Lee
said today he helps some sort of common sense could prevail.
So he's ordered the union and Quatits to mediate about
the total amount payable to the unlawfully sacked Baggye chandlers
and cleaners. Some people are saying could get as high
as one hundred million dollars, but fifty seems to be
the mark. So you know, watch the fact that your

(03:22):
airfares are about to go up.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Oh man, that's not good. Hey, would you pay, by
the way, on speaking of money, would you pay five
thousand bucks to have a dinner with Elbow?

Speaker 2 (03:32):
Well? That's what he charges Is that on one? Or
is that? So this is basically to get what they
call a labor round table. So you get the PM
and you probably get most of his inner sanctums, so
you might get the Treasurer turn up in the Foreign
Minister and whoever else is available, but five grand for
a boardroom lunch or a dinner with the Prime Minister
and some of the members of his cabinet. So he

(03:54):
does this, He does this, He does this regularly and effectively.
If you want to be part of the club that
even qualifies to hold these sorts of lunches or dinners,
you have to pay anywhere from thirty thousand to one
hundred and ten thousand dollars a year just to have
the privilege of inviting the Prime Minister to your office
or your boardroom.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
So you have like an entry level fee. So you
have the entry level fee just for the ability to
then potentially bump it up to a dinner.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah. Correct. So let's just say, for argument's sake, you
came to Perth, Heather, we want to put on a lunch.
I mean, I reckon, we get what ten thousand bucks
a ticket? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (04:29):
Oh harder more than OLBA for sure, and we need
it so we could buy the same kind of house. Yeah,
I love the way you're thinking. We could do that,
all right, and Ollie, thank you very much. There's a
business opportunity. Oliver Pederson, six PR Perth Life Present. By
the way, this is Lydia Thorpe's protest should be fun.

(05:09):
She'd be fun at a party, wouldn't she. For more
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