King Charles was accused of "genocide" by an Indigenous senator at Australia's Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his "respects to the traditional owners of the lands".

King Charles III addressed the Australian parliament, paid tribute at a war memorial, and greeted well-wishers on Monday, during a varied but scaled-back visit to the nation.

Indigenous independent Senator Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple