Did shouting at the king work?
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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe wanted her message to be heard, and it worked: her cry of "you are not my king" and "this is not your land" during King Charles’s visit is making headlines around the world.  In Australia, it's kicked off a debate around appropriateness and respectability. So how should someone deliver a plea about colonisation to the head of the Commonwealth? And Gladstone is famous for coal, gas and aluminium refining, but is that about to change? The community is exploring its renewable options too.  Plus, students from Australian Catholic University staged a mass walk out after a former union official gave a speech railing against abortion and same-sex marriage at their graduation ceremony.  Guests: Amanda Morgan, Yorta Yorta woman, lawyer and activist Emma Garlett, First Nations woman, director of the Garlett Group  Dr Elise Klein, associate professor of public policy, ANU Charlie Panteli, graduate, ACU
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