Thursday 23 June 2022 01:50 AM Lidia Thorpe says Australian parliament has no permission to be here and her ... trends now

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has said Australia's Parliament has no permission to be here and revealed how she plans to infiltrate the Senate.

The senator said her entry into the 'colonial project' was due to her aspirations to 'renew the nation' and be a spokesperson for First Nations people.

Appearing on The Project on Tuesday, senator Thorpe said she also removes the Australian national flag during press conferences after Greens leader Adam Bandt was recently criticised for the same move.

'The Australian flag does not represent me or my people,' she told the panel.

'It represents the colonisation of these lands, and it has no permission to be here, there's been no consent, there's been no treaty, so that flag does not represent me.'

Panellist Waleed Aly asked the senator if her argument could also apply to the Australian Parliament in which she serves.

'Absolutely, I'm here to infiltrate,' she replied emphatically.

'I signed up to become a senator in the colonial project, and that wasn't an easy decision for me personally, and it wasn't an easy decision for my family either to support me in this,' she continued.

'However, we need voices like this to question the illegitimate occupation of the colonial system in this country.'

The Greens senator was asked if she understood how her dismissal of the national flag could be upsetting to some Australians.

She replied that her entry into parliament would see every Australian in the country understand 'whose land they were on'.

'I don't want people to get upset by what I have to say,' she told the panel.

'I want people to come on a learning journey, and a truth-telling journey so that we can unite this country and mature as a nation.'