Renouncing Australia: a dozen people to follow Murrumu by taking Yidindji citizenship

Move may cause headache for Queensland police if those taking pledge insist on using documents issued by Indigenous nation

Queensland police may have regarded it as a rather bizarre, one-off incident when they recently arrested Murrumu Walubara Yidindji while he was driving with a licence and a car registration issued in the name of his north Queensland Indigenous nation.

But when a dozen or so other people take the Yidindji citizenship pledge in Cairns on Monday, the headache for Queensland police might really begin – especially if they decide to follow closely in the footsteps of Murrumu.

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