Sovereign citizens hold event to ‘indict’ Australian MPs in former Parliament House

Sarah Basford Canales

Feb. 11, 2025, 2 p.m.

Old Parliament House reviews public booking system after ‘grand jury indictment event’ staged in building’s courtyard

Old Parliament House will review its public booking system after a group of sovereign citizens seeking to “indict” politicians were able to hold a formal event condemning the Australian government’s “occupation” within the building.

On Saturday the group of at least 50 gathered at the former Parliament House, now known as the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, to “indict” 266 unspecified officials of the Australian government, members of parliament, judiciary and public officials for “treason, fraud, democide and other crimes against humanity”.

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