Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, a radical environmental activist organisation demanded that Australia be renamed.
Blockade Australia has called for the name to be changed, claiming that it symbolises an oppressive and exploitative society.
The activist organisation is well-known for its anti-climate change demonstrations, which have included a blockage of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel that, on June 27, resulted in significant traffic delays.
Following The Queen’s passing on Thursday, the organisation has since published four venomous Facebook postings criticising the name of the nation.
One said, “Australia is not the name of this continent.”
Australia doesn’t relate to this country, these waterways, or the many people that reside here, the second said.
The environmental organisation claimed that the country’s name originated from tyranny.
In a separate post, it was said that “Australia is the name of the economic and political structures which seek to enslave and exploit this continent and its people.”
The last post stated: “These institutions are complicated, corrupt, and were created to maximise extraction and maintain power hierarchies.
They have existed since the invasion.
Activists refer to the landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 as an invasion.
Social media users have reacted to the postings in a variety of ways, with some criticising the environmental advocacy organisation.
Blockade Australia is a component of that system, therefore the name of the organisation. Ironic, huh? One wrote, ”
Another poked fun of the group in jest, saying, “You’re so beautiful, so courageous Blockade Australia d-heads.”
Her Majesty’s death is being used by a number of organisations, including Blockade Australia, to further their own causes or crack cheap jokes. Her health deteriorated in her last hours.
After her death was reported at 3.30 a.m. AEST, the Australian Republican Movement and its head Peter FitzSimons waited barely 17 minutes.
The organisation offered short condolences before stating in a barely covert allusion to the republic that Her Majesty “supported the self-determination of the Australian people.”
The Queen has “always made clear that the future of the Monarchy in Australia is an issue for the Australian people and them alone to decide, by democratic and constitutional means,” the statement read.
“The Queen supported the right of Australians to become a fully independent nation during the referendum on an Australian republic in 1999.”
The announcement was made before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s long remarks at 4.47 am.
FitzSimons himself said that it was not the appropriate moment to bring up a republic, despite his organisation making references to the need for one.
In answer to a query from a supporter of the republic, he said on Twitter, “For the time being, what occurs now is preserving respectful quiet.”
The sole comment we made was to acknowledge Her Majesty’s service to Australia over the course of more than 70 years, other from statements that were offered in the event of her death.
There will be a lot to say, but there isn’t time to say it right now.
Adam Bandt, the leader of the Greens, lacked similar restraint and called for Australia to’move on’ and become a republic after just five hours.
At 8:27 am, the ardent republican, who insists on holding news conferences with the Australian flag with the Union Jack corner behind him, tweeted a short message.
His whole sympathy message started, “Rest In Peace Queen Elizabeth II. Our sympathies are with her family and those who loved her.”
“Australia must now advance. We need a treaty with the First Nations population and republican status.
Mr. Bandt regularly pushes for an Australian republic because he feels that the royal family is too closely associated with colonisation and that the nation deserves its own head of state.
In her own tweet, his deputy, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, was much less polite and used the occasion to call for compensation for indigenous people.
She stated, “I cannot grieve the head of a racist empire established on the money, land, and lives of colonised peoples that were taken.”
We are reminded of the pressing need for a treaty with the First Nations, for justice and compensation for the British colonies, and for the establishment of a republic.
“The royals govern over an empire that has oppressed millions of black and brown people across the globe,” she said last year. They still practise racism and colonialism.
We must sever relations with the royal family if we’re serious about combating racism in our nation.
The controversial indigenous Greens senator Lidia Thorpe, who dubbed The Queen a “coloniser” when taking her oath of office, had support from Mr. Bandt as well.
I, Lidia Thorpe, sovereign, do honestly and genuinely vow that I shall be true to the colonising Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and carry her allegiance.
Mr. Albanese, a republican himself, was chosen as a minister for the republic in order to consider severing Australia’s ties to the monarchy, but not the Commonwealth.
He did not, however, mention this goal in his speech or message to the country, which was all adoration for The Queen.
Australia narrowly decided against deposing the queen in 1999 amid controversy over whether parliamentarians or the people would choose her successor.
Most Australians, according to polls, like the idea of a republic, but there is no consensus on how a head of state should be elected.
Abbie Chatfield said that the prospect of Charles becoming king made her physically uncomfortable and used The Queen’s passing as an opportunity to remind her audience of Britain’s colonial past.
The Queen’s death was “clearly painful” for the Royal Family, she said in her Friday morning speech before even getting out of bed, but she quickly went on to criticising colonialism and the monarchy.
Obviously, the death of someone is tragic, especially for her family. She said, “The colonisation wasn’t fantastic, and the monarchy wasn’t my favourite system in the world.
He isn’t particularly considerate or intelligent. I don’t really know, and Charles hasn’t left a positive impression on me.
Also, the year is not 1770. The “King” Ew! Ew! God, oh, God. Although I anticipated this day, I don’t enjoy it. She said, retching as if ready to throw up, “King Charles.”
Em Rusciano, a TV host, offered a more nuanced person, pointing out that even though The Queen was adored personally, the symbolism she represented was complex.
The comedian contrasted her late grandmother Denise’s affection for The Queen with the suffering indigenous people experienced as a result of colonialism in her statement that individuals should be let to respond to Her Majesty’s death in their own manner.
She stood for a lot of contradictory and awful legacies. She remarked, “Today, we must also take into account our First Nations people and what this means to them.
There will be a lot of discussion about her family and what they’ve done through the years today and in the future, and I suppose there will be some policing of people’s emotions.
There are those who grieve her and others who lament what her institution has done on both sides. I respond by saying, “Let everyone handle it their way.”
Rusciano concluded on a high note by complimenting The Queen for her tremendous leadership and more than 70 years of service.
“We’re not going to see anything like the Queen’s incredible display of service, stoicism, and perseverance again,” she remarked.
She persisted until the UK had a new prime minister, and on the day of her passing, she even saw Liz Truss in Balmoral. She ruled for so long that she earned the title of “single name, icon diva.”
Similar to this, native lecturer Sandy O’Sullivan said at 7.36am that The Queen was the “architect” of colonialism and that she amassed her money via “pain and misery.”
According to a professor of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, the late king did not step in to save Aboriginal Australians from violence.
In their letter, they said, “For those claiming we should be gracious about the queen’s departure, a reminder that the queen intrude herself into the lives of Indigenous people here on several occasions.”
She was a builder of colonisation and colonialism, not only a witness to its results.
It is ridiculous to expect Indigenous people to show reverence for someone who purposefully made their death worse. It’s important to reflect on what she *could* have done—and didn’t—to bring about change.
She possessed more than just ceremonial authority, thus she might have interfered often during the 20th century to restore the balance between Indigenous people and “the crown.” She was inaction.
The Queen was also charged by Professor O’Sullivan with “active participation in taking” Aboriginal land.
They said that instead of returning or paying restitution out of her great fortune, her operatives (whom she had express authority over; see “The Dismissal”) kept robbing land until they got it all before robbing our children.
Recent document disclosures demonstrated that Gough Whitlam was dismissed by John Kerr, the Governor-General at the time of The Dismissal, without The Queen’s approval or knowledge.
She had sway over the “Commonwealth,” Professor O’Sullivan said. Her riches was not passively obtained, nor is it only ceremonial money. It was constructed on the misery and suffering of Native Americans.
“That was the strategy from the beginning, and that’s the strategy she was an agent of throughout her career.”
A few hours before The Queen passed away, the comic troupe The Chaser made a joke about her health problems.
Around 11 p.m. AEST on Thursday, the funnymen posted a photoshopped photograph of the Queen, transforming Her Majesty’s struggle for survival into a joke about the annual R U OK? Day for suicide prevention.
“R U OKAY day not going well in the palace,” said the image’s caption.
After learning of Her Majesty’s passing, the joke was even less warmly received than it had been at the time.
The comedy troupe however persisted and continued to post satire that many readers found offensive along with a faux apology.
In humour, you may slip up sometimes. You can anticipate more of this next week, it said. “Last night, we tweeted some things that, with consideration, were still extremely amusing.
Following the news of her passing, other jokes were made, such as “God fails to rescue the Queen,” “Queen quiet quits,” and “JK Rowling outraged to find queen has transformed to a man.”
Charles Firth, publisher of Chaser, also sent a fictitious note to the employees advising them to “be courteous” by avoiding a broad variety of subjects.
“Don’t concentrate on the son (Prince Andrew) she shielded while discussing The Queen’s legacy. Diana didn’t exist either, which should go without saying. One phrase stated, “We don’t want the internet to collapse (with complaints about jokes about her).
The Beetoota Advocate, another parody publication, was more controlled but did publish one humorous item that caused controversy.
“Remembering the Queen: She Withstood WWII, The IRA, and Sex Pistols…” But Boris Was Too Much,” the title said, referring to the late Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
It said in one sentence that “it appears his bungling leadership and ineffective governance ultimately took its toll, even though she was able to live long enough to see him finally deposed as prime minister 24 hours ago.”