Nobody should be expecting anything good from Australian politicians who allow terrorists to be glorified in Arabic on our streets, but who sooled the police onto an 82 year old woman who made a couple of phone calls to a mosque; and who also ignored more than 200 abusive phone calls to Scott Morrison’s Church when he became Prime Minister.

No more of this utter crap about Australia being the "best country in the world", please.

The Royal Tour is going ahead splendidly.
It's been an overwhelming success. The Royals
have met with various Indigenous representatives
and groups - and there's more to come today.
As for Senator Thorpe? She unfortunately is
getting the media attention that she was after.
Grandstanding does not achieve anything really
productive. If she really thought of her people
rather than herself - she would have taken a
different approach.

Also, if she's so against the "system" she should
resign instead of accepting the salary "the system"
that she despises - is paying her.

What has she actually achieved for her cause -
except just yelling a lot?

She can't be compared to genuine Indigenous leaders
and elders - who actually work for their people.
just yelling a lot does not count. Any kid can do that.
She should resign - if she has any principles at all.

Well the Australian tour of the Royals has ended on a
high. It was quite evident that many Australians
appreciated the sincerity with which the Royals
appreciated Australia. They took an interest in meeting
as many people as was possible. And as one child said
when asked why he wanted to meet the King - "Because
he's special. He's a king!"

Yes, King Charles certainly is. And he's also above politics.
Which does make him special indeed.

While the UK media obviously wrote Thorpe off as a "fruit loop", they had more to say about the rudness and disrespect shown to the King by the state premiers/grunts.

I don't understand what the behaviour of the state
premiers was all about. Although I did notice that
the NSW premier did get to meet with the Royals
afterall - hosting several events for them.

In any case - I'd say the Royal Tour was a success
all round. Something so many will never forget.

Hi Foxy,

We may not see eye to eye on the subject of royalty, and their place, or lack of, in society. Charlies has certainly lived a privileged and insulated life, he gives meaning to the saying; "born with a silver spoon in his mouth", although in his case it was more like a diamond encrusted 24ct gold spoon. He was probably the first, and most senior member of the Windsor family to have a real understanding, if that's possible from such a privileged position, of the world and the people in it. Personally, other than being rather toffee-noised, he's probably a fairly decent old chap, if one can be decent and hold such a privileged position at the same time. From an elite prospective his visit was a success, and a winner for the status quo. Lots of bowing and scraping by the common folk, and lots of platitudes from the figure head always goes down well with some in society.

On Lidia Thorpe, she has a right to speak and be heard, that's part of the democratic process, She may not have the support of all people, including all Aboriginal people, who does, but a healthy democratic society needs its "Lidia Thorpe's" if its to remain healthy. BTW she didn't speak lies, as many more acceptably staid politicians do.