‘We don’t need a new king’: Lidia Thorpe calls for Indigenous treaty then a republic

Greens senator says people expected her to be ranting and raving' after Queen's death but she has reflected and now wants Labor to show ambition'

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Greens senator Lidia Thorpe - who was forced to retake her oath of allegiance after calling the Queen a coloniser - has called on the government to show ambition" for an Indigenous treaty and a republic in the wake of Elizabeth II's death.

The Djab Wurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara senator for Victoria said that after the Queen's death people expected her to come out ranting and raving to confirm their views of me as a crazy Blak woman" - but she had taken time to reflect.

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