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WA Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Quinn discusses ‘sovereign citizens’ as emerging challenge for courts

2025-08-19 296 Dailymotion

Earlier this year, Western Australia's courts sentenced a pair of sovereign citizens to 30 days' jail for refusing to follow court orders in what is believed to be the first sentence of its kind. The WA Supreme Court's Chief Justice Peter Quinlan spoke to state political reporter Keane Bourke to discuss what he says is one of the emerging challenges courts are facing.