WEBVTT - Lidia Thorpe makes herself a royal pain

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<v Speaker 1>From The Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Tuesday, October twenty two. Everyone agrees it's better for

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<v Speaker 1>elderly Australians to be cared for at home, but wait

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<v Speaker 1>times have blown out, with families waiting nine months to

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<v Speaker 1>access government support. Three years ago it was between thirty

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<v Speaker 1>and ninety days. An outburst by firebrand Senator Lydia Thorpe

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<v Speaker 1>has injected some energy into an otherwise dull Australian tour

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<v Speaker 1>by King Charles and Queen Camilla. It's the King's first

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<v Speaker 1>visit since becoming monarch and it's got everyone asking where's

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<v Speaker 1>the razzle dazzle gone. Queen Elizabeth visited Australia for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time in nineteen fifty four. She opened a session

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<v Speaker 1>of Parliament in Canberra.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a day that long will be remembered by

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<v Speaker 2>the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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<v Speaker 1>She was twenty seven years old and dropped dead gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 1>She wore a floor linked capsleaved white ball gown.

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<v Speaker 2>But all Australia was eager for a sight of this

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<v Speaker 2>young woman. Yeah too. It was the first time that

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<v Speaker 2>the raining sovereign had landed on Australia's.

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<v Speaker 1>Shores, satin gloves, a royal blue sash, a diamond tiara

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<v Speaker 1>and earrings the size of gobstoppers. By her side was

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<v Speaker 1>husband Philip in his white navy dress uniform, including a

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<v Speaker 1>full chest of medals and a sword.

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<v Speaker 2>All children, even if they can't go up to London,

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<v Speaker 2>still like to see a queen.

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<v Speaker 1>They were the most glas amorous thing ever to hit

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<v Speaker 1>Australia in nineteen eighty eight when the Queen opened the

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<v Speaker 1>new Parliament House just a little way up the hill.

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<v Speaker 1>The Queen was resplendent in head to toe hot pink

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<v Speaker 1>and a sensational hat. You don't have to be a

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<v Speaker 1>monarchist to wonder where the glamour's gone. And that's a

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<v Speaker 1>deliberate choice by the King, partly because he's seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>and going through cancer treatment, but also because Charles has

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<v Speaker 1>spent the past decade preparing to relaunch the monarchy in

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<v Speaker 1>his own image, less sparkle, more good works. They call

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<v Speaker 1>it the slimmed down Monarchy. The nieces, nephews and cousins

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<v Speaker 1>have been cast off to pay their own way, and

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<v Speaker 1>Charles has shrunk the family of working royals to his

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<v Speaker 1>own family, William Catherine, Camilla himself, and a few hard

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<v Speaker 1>working outliers like Princess Anne. This is a man who

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<v Speaker 1>still wears the same clothes he wore in his twenties,

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<v Speaker 1>and on occasion his father, Prince Philip's old coats, which

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<v Speaker 1>have been carefully patched and repaired. He reportedly eats half

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<v Speaker 1>an avocado for lunch every day. Not half an avocado

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<v Speaker 1>on top of something else, just half an avocado. It's

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<v Speaker 1>all a bit flat, thank goodness. Then for Lydia Thorpe,

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<v Speaker 1>the Senator gave a gift to the reporters covering the

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<v Speaker 1>royal tour inside Parliament on Monday, marching towards the stage

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<v Speaker 1>and screaming obscenities at the King.

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<v Speaker 3>She was wearing a possum or kangaroo skin coat, so

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<v Speaker 3>she cut quite a striking figure amongst the crowd of

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<v Speaker 3>ministers and military officials. As such.

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<v Speaker 1>Brihann and Down is a reporter in the Australian's Canbra Bureau.

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<v Speaker 3>And then she was just pushed out of the hall

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<v Speaker 3>by security officials. And then there's a sort of stunned silence,

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<v Speaker 3>and then the string quartet struck up again and Nevy

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<v Speaker 3>I just went back to Mingley.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, while it was going on, he seemed to

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<v Speaker 1>me to be just continuing to chat to Anthony Albanzi.

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<v Speaker 1>He's quite good at not looking like he's bothered at all,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't he?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I did wonder what Anthony ALBANIZI would have said

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<v Speaker 3>to have him. I would have loved to have known.

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<v Speaker 3>And as well, I saw Queen car Miller sort of

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<v Speaker 3>give Jody Hayden at the ob easiest fiance. They sort

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<v Speaker 3>of fled over to each other and had a little

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<v Speaker 3>quiet word. So I'd love to know what they said

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<v Speaker 3>to each other, but we can only imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>Outside the War Memorial, she'd actually provided the only other

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<v Speaker 1>bit of drama in Canberra, Rhiannon. She's quite a colorful character.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, there's not that many senators who can ever

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<v Speaker 3>Bragg to have gotten into a fight outside of strip

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<v Speaker 3>club somewhere in Melbourne at three am. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>say that black.

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<v Speaker 1>Brothers there and anyone.

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<v Speaker 3>That won't any black man that stands with one like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, she was a very strong advocate in the

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<v Speaker 3>Black Sovereign Movement during the Voice Referendum, where she was

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<v Speaker 3>just very anti the voice. She saw it a but

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<v Speaker 3>admission of colonial acceptance, which is something she she rails against.

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<v Speaker 3>She thinks that sovereignty was never seated.

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<v Speaker 1>By gigenous people.

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<v Speaker 3>Lydia Thoughte never really missus an opportunity to make a

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<v Speaker 3>stand when she sees a platform with plenty of cameras

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<v Speaker 3>and plenty of media around, she cut a very unusual figure.

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<v Speaker 3>About two years ago, she was attempting to storm the

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<v Speaker 3>stage at anti trans women's rights rally outside Parliament House,

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<v Speaker 3>and she was wearing these incredible heels and a skirt

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<v Speaker 3>and sort of tripped over.

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<v Speaker 4>The country should be ashamed this country now.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to tell her that.

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<v Speaker 1>They are not welcome hours.

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<v Speaker 3>She also made headlines when at Mardi Gras she lay

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<v Speaker 3>down on the ground and tried to block the float,

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<v Speaker 3>also making one of her political.

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<v Speaker 1>Stands coming up how the King steered the day to

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<v Speaker 1>be about his chosen topic. You can check out all

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<v Speaker 1>our analysis and reporting of the royal tour at the

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<v Speaker 1>Australian dot com dot au all the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>best journalism from around Australia and the world. Before the interruption,

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<v Speaker 1>Charles had been making a speech that touched on one

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<v Speaker 1>of the philosophies that shaped his outlook the future of

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<v Speaker 1>our planet. Charles is a committed environmentalist and his remarks

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<v Speaker 1>would have touched the heart of even avowed Republican Anthony Albanezi.

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<v Speaker 1>Charles segued into it by talking about all the times

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<v Speaker 1>in his many visits he's met the survivors of bushfires,

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<v Speaker 1>floods and cyclones.

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<v Speaker 4>The regular role of unprecedented events is an unmistakable sign

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<v Speaker 4>of climate change to which Australia is so particularly vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 1>And where his mother scrupulously avoided expressing anything like a

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<v Speaker 1>political view during her seven decades on the throne, Charles

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<v Speaker 1>wade into a talk that's deeply partisan here in Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>This is why Australia's international leadership on global initiatives to

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<v Speaker 4>protect our climate and biodiversity is of such absolute and

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<v Speaker 4>critical importance. Indeed, the world's first global Nature Positive Summit

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<v Speaker 4>was held in Sydney in the past fortnight.

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<v Speaker 1>Nature Positive is what Labour called a series of reforms

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<v Speaker 1>shepherded by Environment Minister Tanuaplibisek and opposed by the Coalition

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<v Speaker 1>in Business, including tougher regulation that takes environmental impact into consideration.

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<v Speaker 1>On developments, a new regulatory authority and what's called a

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<v Speaker 1>climate trigger that would say projects assessed on their emissions impact.

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<v Speaker 4>Australia has all the natural ingredients to create a more sustainable,

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<v Speaker 4>regenerative way of living. By harnessing the power with which

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<v Speaker 4>nature has endowed the nation, whether it be wind or

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<v Speaker 4>its famous sunshine, Australia is tracking the path towards a

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<v Speaker 4>better and safer future. It is in all our interests

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<v Speaker 4>to be good stewards of the world and good ancestors

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<v Speaker 4>to those who come after us, because we are all connected,

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<v Speaker 4>both as a global community and with all that sustains life.

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<v Speaker 4>That is the timeless wisdom of indigenous people throughout the

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<v Speaker 4>entire world, from which each one of us can benefit.

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