'Not really accurate' to 'very ballsy': First Nations Australians react to Lidia Thorpe's message to King Charles

When independent senator Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of Canberra's Parliament House after confronting King Charles III, some First Nations people were emotional with pride while others were questioning the accuracy of some of her claims. "Throughout my life, Australia's First Nations peoples have done me the great honour of sharing so generously their stories and cultures," Charles said. "If anybody analyses what she said, it's not really accurate," he said, adding that any treaty would be between the commonwealth government and First Nations Australians. 'Not all of us' Senator Thorpe's message to the British monarch was "deeply disappointing", "embarrassing" and "disrespectful", according to former senator and the first Aboriginal woman in the Australian Parliament Nova Peris. "I'm not surprised in what Senator Thorpe and many Aboriginal people across the country are doing right now in response to the king's visit to our land."