Pakana/Palawa activist Jim Everett is facing another arrest warrant after he again defied a court order to appear on trespassing charges.
Everett was arrested at a logging coupe in the Styx Valley on March 19 during anti-logging action by the Bob Brown Foundation.
He has since failed to attend court on three separate occasions, arguing that he is not subject to Tasmanian or Australian law.
“Palawa law is in country and I am obligated to protect country as a law-keeper,” Everett said.
“Palawa law in country is pre-eminent to Tasmanian/Australian law because no government has made any agreements with first nations to become Australian citizens.”
Everett could be remanded in custody if police can catch up to him, which would likely involve officers travelling to his home on the remote Aboriginal-owned Bass Strait island of Cape Barren.
“The court has no jurisdiction over me as a first nation law keeper and the government must eventually acknowledge that first nations are not Australian citizens,” he said.
“The profit driven and huge taxpayer costs to maintain the forest industry and the costs in terms of destroying natural ecosystems and the life therein is a serious issue at this time of climate change.”
“It has to stop immediately.”
