Jeremy Geia

Murrumu Walubara Yidindji, also known by his former western name Jeremy Geia, is a Yidindji man, former journalist, and Australian Aboriginal 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". 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. 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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