Bob Katter refuses to swear oath to King Charles

Submitted ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone⁩ to ⁨australianpolitics@aussie.zone⁩

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smh.com.au

Bob Katter, the long-serving MP for the northern Queensland seat of Kennedy, has refused to swear allegiance to King Charles, his heirs and successors during the opening of parliament.

When asked if he would swear allegiance, Katter responded: “No, I swear allegiance to the Australian people.”

The small protest did not disrupt proceedings, as it did when Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe gave the oath in 2022.

Members are asked to swear faith and allegiance to King Charles III. They are expected to respond “I do”.

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eureka@aussie.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
One of the few positions where I can agree with them. Anyone who claims to represent me in government shouldn’t be swearing allegiance of a monarch.

The small protest did not disrupt proceedings, as it did when Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe gave the oath in 2022.

I’m glad the author added this line.

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- princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I’m glad the author added this line.
  
  I can’t tell, are you being sarcastic?
  
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  - eureka@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m being sincere, they compared it to a similar event to contrast the reaction.
    
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Pappabosley@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why was it so much of an issue for Lidia Thorpe? Hmmmm

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- Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Racism. The answer is racism.
  
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  - Pappabosley@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Whoa, don’t jump to conclusions, it could just be good old fashioned sexism, hard to tell sometimes
    
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- Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  iirc she was acting like a massive twat during the whole thing, then she twated about with the King
  
  youtu.be/18DCUS_ZNi4?t=28
  
  and then she said proudly that she said the oath wrong and then it became an issue
  
  and this was after she had thrown herself down in front of the police at a pride festival and had gotten into a fight outside a pub
  
  all in all, she was an attention seeking twat and got what she wanted…and then iirc in the end nothing happened same as katter
  
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  - maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    iirc she was acting like a massive twat during the whole thing, then she twated about with the King
    
    youtu.be/18DCUS_ZNi4?t=28
    
    What a legend.
    
    and then she said proudly that she said the oath wrong (she swore an oath to the queens hairs not heirs or something) and then it became an issue
    
    Oh no a First Nations woman is protesting incorrectly. Call the protest police before somebody gets upset. Oh, oops too late.
    
    all in all, she was an attention seeking twat and got what she wanted…
    
    You know you come off sounding like a misogynist twat when you use the language of misogynist twats right?
    
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- useyourmainfinger@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Complete mystery, I guess we’ll never know.
  
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- maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Hmm 🤔
  
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- GiovanniBruzzolini@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Its the reason why he disapproves of Charles being king.
  
  Conservatives have an incredibly stupid reason for their disapproval of Charles - it because they don’t want Camilla, a divorced woman, to be queen.
  Side note, these same idiots conveniently ignore the fact that Charles is also divorced.
  
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makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’d hate to do it. However, the king is the legal head of state. Still.

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