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Australian lawmaker calls Queen Elizabeth a "colonizing" leader during swearing-in ceremony

Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous Australian member of Parliament, referred to Queen Elizabeth, who is also Australia's head of state, as the "colonizing Her Majesty" on Monday, when she was taking her oath of office in the Senate.
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