heckling

Heckling by an Australian senator was said to have left the King "completely unruffled", with him seeing free speech as the "cornerstone of democracy".

On Monday, an Australian senator defended heckling the King and accusing him of genocide after he addressed Parliament House, telling the BBC "he's not of this land".

Although republican sentiment bubbles under the surface here, except for the heckling in Parliament it has not burst through in any significant way on this trip.

It comes as backlash over an Aboriginal senator's heckling of King Charles in Canberra on Monday intensifies, with politicians and some Indigenous leaders condemning Lidia Thorpe's behaviour.

Taja saw the heckling by Thorpe on TV and wasn’t impressed.