NGALAN MURRUMU OF WALUBARA FOREIGN AFFAIRS & TRADE MINISTER MEDIA STATEMENT
The Sovereign Yidindji Government is very concerned and distressed for its Chief Superintendent of Police who this morning was held in captivity against his will by agents of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The Foreign Minister in a speech this morning told Yidindji citizens and other government ministers and nearby Australian police officers, that he was very disappointed that the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese seems to be putting the officers of the Australian realm at risk of exceeding the authority of the Australian constitution.
Minister Murrumu of Walubara said “The Yidindji nation is here to assist the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, this has been made clear from the start. I'm deeply concerned that Anthony Albanese is not disclosing to all agents inside the Commonwealth of Australia the true story. The Prime Minister is a big supporter of Uluru statement, from memory I think he likened it to the Gettysburg address. As a result I can only come to the conclusion that Anthony Albanese believes that there are co-existing sovereignties on this continent, the Yidindji in this case is the owner of the soil and that Yidindji's sovereignty has never been ceded or extinguished”.
The Foreign Minister and other representatives of the Sovereign Yidindji Government delivered a series of speeches to outline the treaty impasse and continual self inflicted injury the Commonwealth of Australia has been engaging in.
“I have already been connecting with a number of UN member states that are closely following the Chief Superintendent of Police's safety, they have requested to be updated regularly. We must remind Australia that it ratified the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We did not ask them or force them to sign off on this declaration. In this instrument Australia supports the like of the Yidindji nation to attain self government, create its own institutions, identities and many other nation building processes. By going down this path other UN member states may now question Australia's acquisition of Yidindji's territories. Just last week the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was quoted as wanting to 'end the ignorance' by introducing legislation that will result in a treaty with the indigenous peoples. The very fact the Premier is talking about treaty, seems obvious to the Yidindji nation, that the Commonwealth of Australia and or the State of Queensland, do not possess a successfully concluded formal agreement between the Yidindji nation and the Commonwealth of Australia."
Minister Walubara said “As described by a UN member state the Yidindji nation is a friendly one. We are offering to settle the past & secure the future but does the Commonwealth of Australia truly desire the same?”
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20 February 2023
