Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Jim Everett again refused attendance at a court hearing where he was convicted on multiple charges. He agreed to pay fines relating to 'social laws' but continues protesting the court's jurisdiction over him.
Palawa elder Jim Everett has taken a stance against what he called the 'colonial court', which he said his people had never agreed to be party to. Palawa elder Jim Everett puralia meenamatta has again not attended a court hearing, where he was convicted on three charges and fined $300.He said he planned to pay the $300 fine due to it being a "social law", but won't pay a court fee as part of his protest against a jurisdiction imposed on him.
Photo shows A man wearing Aboriginal colours and wide brim hat stands and smiles at camera with pile of logs behind him "I'm not prepared to just walk into their court when they've got no jurisdiction, they have to take me there."Inside the courtroom, the magistrate recorded convictions for two charges of failing to appear at court on two previous occasions, and for unlicensed driving."Social laws must be there otherwise we would have chaos," Mr Everett said."That's to do with the case that they have no jurisdiction to be trying me on in the first place," he said.
"The palawa never made any citizenship agreements with the colony of Van Diemen's Land, nor its government of Tasmania," it read.
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