A woman has filed a bizarre legal claim defending her right to camp on private property owned by billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart.
Police were called to a remote pastoral tenant and cattle station, owned by Ms Rinehart’s Roy Hill mining company, in Western Australia’s Eastern Pilbara region on October 9 after reports of people camping on private property.
Several officers tried to move the group when a woman began arguing with them from her car.
“You have no respect for our rights,” the woman is heard repeatedly shouting at the officers in a video filmed by someone in the passenger seat.
A female officer calmly told the woman she was asking her to leave.
“It is now five days after you arrived, I am asking you to leave. You are not very polite,” she said in the video, which was later shared with X.
‘I’m asking you very kindly [to] Please pack your things and leave.”
The woman demanded an “agreement that Roy Hill has” to own the land, before the officer reminded the woman that she had received a letter the day before.
On October 9, offices were called to a remote pastoral tenant and cattle station, owned by Ms Rinehart’s Roy Hill mining company, in the eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia.
“You got a letter yesterday,” the officer told her.
‘Show me the letter. Show me the Bill Of Rights. Show me proof that they own this land,” the woman continued, apparently referring to the U.S. Constitution.
The Bill of Rights does not exist in Australia, where human rights protection lies in the constitution and legislation passed by individual state and federal governments.
‘Why do I have to serve this?’ the officer asked politely.
“If you have a problem with the state of the country, you can file a civil claim for an appeal that will give you access…” she continued.
“We’ve reached the United Nations,” the woman interjected.
“That doesn’t apply now,” the officer replied.
The woman continued, “Why not? Why does the Mabo – the highest court in the country – not apply to our sovereignty?’
The male officer then stepped from behind his partner and told the woman that the land she was camping on is owned by Roy Hill.
“No, it’s not, show me the proof,” the woman replied.
“There’s a lease that doesn’t expire until 2044,” the policewoman said.
Before the clip ends, a person in the car is heard calling the lease agreement “fraudulent.”
A male officer told the woman that Roy Hill owned the land, who then asked for “proof” that this was so
WA Police said Daily Mail Australia officers attended a pastoral station in the Pilbara after reports a group was staying on private property.
‘Upon arrival, officers spoke with several people present. The group left the property without incident and no further police action was required,” police said.
Roy Hill has native title agreements with four separate groups, the Kariyara, Palyku, Nyiyparli and Nyamal peoples, to allow them to continue their activities in the region.
“These agreements distribute significant royalties to each group, as well as other agreed upon investments,” the company said on its website.
‘We have very strong cooperative relationships with all groups. We are very proud of these relationships and meet each other both formally and informally.
Ms Rinehart owns an 80 per cent stake in the company which operates an open-pit iron ore mine in the region.