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Canberra

[ kan-ber-uh, -ber-uh ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Australia, in the SE part, in the Australian Capital Territory.


Canberra

/ ˈkænbərə; -brə /

noun

  1. the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 309 799 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Canberra

  1. Capital of Australia , located in southeastern Australia.
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Australian lawmakers have voted to censure an Aboriginal senator who heckled King Charles during his visit to Canberra last month, to express their "profound disapproval" of her protest.

From BBC

“Technically, it’s little Ari’s name,” she said, explaining the decision in a recent interview with Australian radio station Hit 104.7 Canberra.

After a speech to parliamentarians in the Australian capital Canberra he was heckled by an independent senator, Lidia Thorpe, who shouted "You are not my King", in a protest about Indigenous people's rights.

From BBC

Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal Australian woman, interrupted the ceremony in the capital Canberra by shouting for about a minute before she was escorted away by security.

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The protest at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday was uncomfortable but not unexpected.

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