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King Charles Faces Indigenous Protests and Calls for Sovereignty in Australia. King Charles faced indigenous activists in Sydney, a day after being accused of "genocide" by a senator in the Australian parliament. After a welcome ceremony at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, an Indigenous elder told the King their goal was “sovereignty”. An Aboriginal protester, Wayne 'Coco' Wharton, was arrested near the Sydney Opera House for trying to serve a notice for the King’s arrest. Wharton shouted to the crowd, calling Charles a "king of thieves and a king of liars" before being led away by police. The confrontation followed Senator Lidia Thorpe’s outburst in parliament, where she declared, "You are not our king.” Thorpe, draped in a possum skin coat, demanded the return of land and reparations for Australia’s First Nations people. In Sydney, Elder Allan Murray welcomed the King but emphasized the ongoing struggle for Indigenous sovereignty. The King participated in a traditional smoking ceremony with the Gadigal people, wafting cleansing smoke over himself. He also watched a dance performance by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dancers, joking that he couldn’t match their moves. During the visit, a statue of Queen Victoria in Sydney was vandalized with red paint, symbolizing ongoing tensions. Charles’s trip also included a visit to a skin cancer clinic in Sydney, marking his first major overseas engagement since his cancer diagnosis.
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