Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on the divided response to Lidia Thorpe yelling at King Charles

One Australian senator's high-profile outburst has sparked discussions about the injustices that impacted the nation's Aboriginal population.

Lidia Thorpe was removed from Parliament House after yelling at King Charles and accusing him of committing genocide yesterday.

Thorpe's actions were criticised by MPs, including Tony Abbott and Amanda Rishworth, for being disrespectful.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says Thorpe was also praised by others for shining a light on the wider issues.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Murray Olds is back with us Mauz apologies Heather of
some royal gremlin got into the telephone system. But yes,
look Paramount of Park this afternoon, big crowds. It's a
glorious Sydney day. It's the final full day for the
King and Queen in Sydney. There's a big naval salute.
I'm not sure exact the exact phrase that one uses

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when the reigning King, the Monarch of Australia, you know,
acknowledges a flotilla of the Australian Navy, all five ships
in the Australian Navy will make their way past the King.
But look, it's been a super well received visit with
the exception of what you thought you mentioned her before.
And it depends who you talk to whether or not

(00:42):
she's condemned or she's praised. I mean a lot of
people are saying well done Lidia, you know, for raising
the issue of indigenous plight, you know, in Australia, because
let's face it, King Charles, long before he went on
the throne, he had this passion for all sorts of
matters that perhaps weren't normal royal matters, you know, so

(01:04):
Indigenous rights is one of them. Many others are saying,
what a grand standard, get rid of her. So look,
she made a point, went around the world. She's pretty happy.
I heard her this morning being interviewed, and the royal
visit continues. What do you make of this teenager who
accidentally killed the police commissioner's son, skip and jail terrible? Well,
look this young there's a bit of background to this.

(01:28):
There's a thing over here called schoolies, end of high
school kids traditionally go out that almost all of them
are of legal drinking age. And apparently this night down
south of Adelaide, everybody was on the source, including the
police commissioners. Sonny was there with a whole bunch of
his friends, and this young fellow who was driving hadn't
had a drink, but for reasons that still a little

(01:52):
bit murky. He panicked. He was surrounded by all these
kids who were allegedly drunk. He panics, He flows the car,
He sends this young man flying and drives away. Now
he was already sentenced to and pleaded guilty of big
your partner, aggravated driving without care and leaving the seat

(02:14):
of a crash. So he's been banned for driving for
ten years, but the judge today ordered a sentence one year,
one month and seven days, non parole of seven months
be suspended on the condition he'd be of good behavior
for two years. I mean, everyone was shattered. A young
fellow at the wheel. He didn't want to kill this kid.
He just panicked. He saw all these kids around his

(02:35):
car and thought they're going to beat the tripe out
of me, and so he's just rowed away. And tragically
this young man suffered a reversible brain damage and they've
turned him off at hospital. It's just a tragic situation. Yeah,
Jesus half appearance with that kind of stuff, i'd imagine. Listen, muz,
what's the story with Mickey the Crockatoo. Has he been saved? Well,

(02:56):
we're still waiting for a and update the afternoon, but
I did speak to the Environment Minister this morning and
thanks to minisseria and intervention, Mickey the Cockatoo is going
to be spared. I mean, you talk about Polly want
a cracker. Mickey's rocked up at the MacArthur Square shopping
center in Southwest Sydney a month ago. Well, he's been
on the cockatoo buffet apparently he's put on so much

(03:18):
weight he looks like a bloody eagle. And everybody was
a bit over him because he's pooling everywhere and Polly
want a cracker, give me that loaf of bread. Well,
Indian neghbors, Eldi there, Woolworths, Poles, Baker's Delight, you name it.
They're all lighting up to feed him. So somebody the
word got out someone was going to take an air
gun and then put him out of his missery. Well
the minister heard of this ministerial intervention, the Polly want

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a cracker when he's going to be caught and released
into the wild, and I think everybody was quite happy. Yeah,
well at least that ended well. Marz, thank you so much.
Appreciate it. Murray OL's Australia correspondent. For more from Hither
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