Indigenous man detained for three nights after claiming Canberra property as embassy

By Christopher Knaus
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:16pm, first published January 12 2015 - 4:22pm

A former federal press gallery journalist was kept in custody for three nights on a minor trespass offence after refusing to leave a Canberra property that he claimed as an embassy for the Yidindji people last week.

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