Indigenous Australian spokeswoman Lydia Thorpe, taking the oath in Parliament, called the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II a "

The President of the Senate stopped the Greens senator from Victoria and asked her to repeat the oath of allegiance.

When some in the audience behind Thorpe began to complain, the woman returned and told them, "

Thorpe took the oath a week after her colleagues took the oath - then she was absent.

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Under the Australian constitution, all Senators and Members of Parliament must swear allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors before sitting in Parliament..

Assistant Secretary of State for the Republic Matt Thistlethwaite told reporters last week that swearing allegiance to the Queen is "

“This does not represent the Australia we live in and is further proof why we need to start discussing becoming a republic with our head of state.. We are no longer British,” he said..

According to Thorp, she ran for parliament to "