Jeremy Geia

Jeremy Geia, also known by his tribal name Murrumu Walubara Yidindji, is an Australian Aboriginal journalist and activist. He is the foreign affairs minister of the Sovereign Yidindji Government micronation, having renounced his Australian citizenship in 2014.[1]

In 1999, Geia won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award.[2] In 2001 he symbolically declared the "Peoples Democratic Republic of Palm Island" independent from Australia.[3]

Geia was an NITV and SBS journalist,[4] who was part of the Canberra Press Gallery.[5] In 2012 he became the first western journalist to obtain an interview with Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.[6] He left his job when he renounced Australian citizenship.

Geia was charged by police in May 2015 after being caught driving a car with a license and registration plates issued by the Yidindji government.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Howden, Saffron (2 November 2015). "Murrumu Walubara Yidindji renounces citizenship to reclaim Australia". The Age. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Award Winners 1999" (PDF). Koori Mail. 28 July 1999. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Eyers, Patrick; D'Souza, Carl (2001). "Recent Happenings". Indigenous Law Bulletin. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jeremy Geia". SBS. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 Uhr, Grace (28 May 2015). "Former journalist who renounced Australian citizenship charged". Cairns Post. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Daley, Paul (26 August 2014). "The man who renounced Australia". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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