Newsletter date: 14 August 2015, last updated 11:15am AEST
Contents:
* Audio Interview: Murrumu: Bec Horridge took the interview on August 8th in the Cairns region
* Audio Interview: Cassandra Tim, Adam Evans & Grace Pashley, NIRS Weekly News-in-Review: http://www.nirs.org.au/PROGRAMS/NIRS-Weekly-News-in-Review
Gaan Yarra the Attorney-General of the Yidindji Sovereign Government discussing Murrumu's arrest
* Background:
WGAR News: Yidindji man murrumu walubara speaks about his arrest in the ACT: National Indigenous Radio's 'Weekly News-in-Review'
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
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- Audio Interview
Murrumu: Bec Horridge took the interview on August 8th in the Cairns region
Source: rebecca horridge, rebeccahorridge@hotmail.com 16:36, 13 August 2015 & 08:09, 10:59, 14 August 2015
https://www.dropbox.com/s/orcthz1rclaaac3/murrumu_01.mp3?dl=0
13 Aug 15: "Murrumu was held against his will in captivity some days before this interview for driving a car with Sovereign Yidindji number plates (gold plated). He was charged with six offences, including unlawful possession of an article resembling a licence and driving unlicensed and uninsured. When asked by magistrate Jane Bentley if he was Jeremy Geia, he said, 'I am Murrumu'. He told the court that as a member of the Yidindji society, he was excluded from the Commonwealth Constitution Act of 1901. Murrumu was a couple of days in jail, but the Judge basically agreed he was not Jeremy Geia, his previous name, before he rescinded all contracts and handed back instruments such as his Australian passport, drivers license, car registration papers and super fund entitlement. The magistrate, Robert Spencer is reported to have said: "I’ll take it on that basis that effectively you are not Jeremy David Joseph Geia" and let Murrumu go free and Murrumu has said he will thank him for this."
- Audio Interview
NIRS Weekly News-in-Review
National Indigenous Radio's Weekly News-in-Review takes an in-depth look at the issues affecting First Nations communities around Australia.
http://www.nirs.org.au/PROGRAMS/NIRS-Weekly-News-in-Review
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pz6oivjc1c8ez9t/Weekly%20News%20In%20Review%20...
7 Aug 15: "This week's episode is a replay presented by Cassandra Tim.
This week: ... Gaan Yarra the Attorney-General of the Yidindji Sovereign Government discussing Murrumu's arrest; ...
Credits: Producers: Adam Evans, Grace Pashley and Cassandra Tim"
- Background:
WGAR News: Yidindji man murrumu walubara speaks about his arrest in the ACT: National Indigenous Radio's 'Weekly News-in-Review'
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/01/17/wgar-news-yidindji-man-murrumu-walub...
19 Jan 15: "Contents:
* Audio Interview: National Indigenous Radio's 'Weekly News-in-Review' - January 16, 2015: Yidindji man murrumu walubara speaks about his arrest in the ACT
* News: Daniel Hurst, The Guardian: Canberra magistrate frees Indigenous 'trespasser' and queries charge
* Analysis / Opinion: Paul Daley, The Guardian: He renounced Australia and lives solely by tribal law. Now murrumu is hitting the road
* Video: NITV News: Yidinji Sovereignty leader murrumu arrested by AFP
* News: Ewan Gilbert, ABC News: Indigenous activist who tried to set up embassy on public housing property faces court for trespass
* News: Christopher Knaus, The Canberra Times: Indigenous man detained for three nights after claiming Canberra property as embassy
* News: Warren Barnsley & NITV News, NIRS: Yidindji man murrumu ordered to reappear in court under previous name Jeremy Geia in February
* WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement"
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 6 August 2015)
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