Palawa Elder Jim Everett was convicted of trespass for protesting logging in native forests in Tasmania. He was fined $500 and faces a second charge for an earlier protest on his 82nd birthday. Everett maintains that colonial courts have no jurisdiction over him and refuses to pay the fine, viewing it as an aggressive colonial claim over Aboriginal people.
Palawa Elder Jim Everett puralia meenamatta has been convicted of one charge of trespass and faces a second for protesting against logging in native forests in Lutruwita . Mr Everett, who did not attend court yesterday, was fined $500 plus court costs for protecting native forests from logging in March 2024. A further charge of trespass, for when he was arrested on his 82nd birthday, was adjourned to April 8 because the prosecutor was unprepared.
" Pakana man Cody Gangell said it was laughable that anyone felt they had jurisdiction to tell Uncle Jim that he couldn't walk on his own land, in defence of his own homelands. "It's just unfathomable that somehow the court of this country thinks that they can tell Uncle Jim, our Elder, that Palawa Law has no place on Palawa land," he said.
Indigenous Peoples Law NATIVE FORESTS LOGGING TASMANIA ABORIGINAL RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST
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