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SYDNEY: Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe branded Britain’s Elizabeth II a “colonising” queen on Monday, as the recently elected lawmaker reluctantly swore allegiance while taking the oath of office. In a flash of protest, Greens senator Thorpe raised her right fist in a Black Power salute as she begrudgingly swore to serve the 96-year-old monarch, who is still Australia’s head of …

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