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The unintended consequences of Senator Thorpes protest

It's hard enough without you yelling at people

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Tiaan
Oct 22, 2024
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A woman draped in fur, yelling, with people around her.
Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe disrupted the royal visit, demanding treaty and repatriations for First Nations Peoples. Source: AAP / Victoria Jones

I really didn’t want there to be a protest, I didn’t want there to be a spectacle. I didn’t want to have to answer questions as ‘a First Nations person’, and answer for the actions of Senator Thorpe. I wante…

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