Moving a condolence motion in parliament, Andrews said Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch many Victorians had known. “That debate may well be appropriate at another point, but I don’t think it’s now.” “The best thing to do at the moment is to … honour the life of the late queen and her service,” he said after Ratnam’s comments.
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The premier, Daniel Andrews, said it was not the time to reignite the republican debate. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning That doesn’t mean that we stop trying to change those conventions.” There are many outdated conventions in the Victorian parliament that we have to abide by to get on with doing our jobs. “In 2022, many Victorians are rightly asking why we’re being asked to acknowledge sovereignty of a British monarch thousands of miles away when we haven’t acknowledged – and, in fact, expressly denied – the sovereignty of First Nations people right here.”ĭespite their reservations, Ratnam said the Greens had no choice but to swear their allegiance in order to serve the people who voted for them. “This morning we’re here as Victorian MPs to swear allegiance to King Charles III, a new head of state decided for us, but not by us,” she told reporters outside parliament. Victorian Greens Tim Read, Ellen Sandell, Samantha Ratnam and Sam Hibbins, who wore shirts or accessories carrying the phrase ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’.
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