The senator called the Queen a colonizer while taking the oath.
The Senator's colleagues criticized her for changing the oath.
She was told to repeat the oath and follow the instructions.
The UK's Queen Elizabeth II was referred to as a "colonizing" queen by Lidia Thorpe as she was sworn into parliament on Monday.
"I solemnly and sincerely affirm that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second," she said in parliament while holding her arm up in a black power salute.
The Labor Senate president told Thorpe to repeat the oath that was printed on the card before her. Lawmakers in the room protested over the actions of the man.
One of her colleagues says that she's not a senator if she doesn't say it right.
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As she pledged her true allegiance to the Queen, she appeared to laugh.
She later posted a photo of herself with the caption "Sovereignty never ceded".
Australia was colonized by the British Empire in the 18th century and became a colony in 1901. An estimated 20,000 Indigenous people were killed in Australia due to the conflict between the aboriginal tribes of Australia and the nation's colonizers over land ownership.
The Australian War Memorial states that thousands of aboriginal people died due to disease.
The Queen is still Australia's head of state even though the country is no longer a British colony.
A descendant of Australia's First Nations tribes, Thorpe is a member of Australia's Green Party and has pushed for a treaty to protect the rights of aboriginal people.
He did not respond to the request for comment.
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