Tag Archives: Mulrunji Doomadgee

Cops’ payment reopens Palm Island wounds

By Tracker, October 18, 2012
The Queensland Aboriginal community of Palm Island, off the coast of Townsville.

QUEENSLAND: The Queensland government’s decision to pay the legal bills of police officers in proceedings regarding the death of Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomadgee has reopened old wounds, Aboriginal leaders say.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged , , | 1 Comment

Taxpayers to fund Palm Island police bills

By Tracker, October 17, 2012
Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley was acquitted over the manslaughter of Mulrunji Doomadgee.

QUEENSLAND: The Queensland government will pay the legal costs of police officers in proceedings that arose from the death in custody of Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomadgee.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged , | 1 Comment

Top cop expresses sorrow over Palm Island death

By Tracker, September 11, 2012
Outgoing Qld Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson.

NATIONAL: Queensland’s outgoing police chief has expressed sorrow over the way the police service handled the death in custody of Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomadgee.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged , , | Leave a comment

Does violence have a place in Aboriginal protest?

By Chris Graham, July 2, 2012
From left: Jeff Sparrow, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Chris Graham and Sam Watson... speaking at the 2012 Sydney Writer's Festival.

NATIONAL: Is violence one of the answers for Aboriginal people in Australia? Tracker magazine editor weighs in on the topic at the recent Sydney Writer’s Festival.

Posted in Video | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GUEST TRACKER: When an uprising is a justified response

By Tracker, February 12, 2012
Scales

NATIONAL: Australians take the criminal justice system for granted, writes CRAIG LONGMAN*. But for Aboriginal people, it often fails to deliver justice.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

GUEST TRACKER: State of failure

By Tracker, January 12, 2012
A protestor at a rally in support of the Ward family. (AAP IMAGE/LLOYD JONES)

NATIONAL: The tragic death in custody of Mr Ward exposes the deep flaws in the system, writes CRAIG LONGMAN*.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Tall Man on the big screen

By Amy McQuire, January 9, 2012
The Queensland Aboriginal community of Palm Island, off the coast of Townsville.

NATIONAL: On Palm Island, the Tall Man is legendary. He has feet as big as a giant’s. His eyes are red, he smells of stinking things, and when you are asleep, he will come down from the mountains and watch you.

Posted in Arts | Also tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Lex Wotton given permission to speak

By Tracker, November 18, 2011
Lex Wotton was convicted over leading the Palm Island uprising. (AAP IMAGE/JACK TRAN)

QUEENSLAND: The man targeted for leading the Palm Island uprising, Lex Wotton has been granted special permission by the Queensland parole authorities to join a panel discussing justice issues.

Posted in Breaking News, News | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Finding the Tall Man

By Tracker, November 1, 2011
Scenes from Vernon Ah Kee’s exhibition profiling the death in custody on Palm Island in 2004 of Mulrunji Doomadgee. Pictured is a sketch of the leader of the uprising, Lex Wotton, and video footage from the moments before the uprising.

NATIONAL: KATE MUNRO* visits the new Vernon Ah Kee exhibition, that centres around the Palm Island uprising

Posted in Arts | Also tagged , , | 1 Comment

Denied the right to speak

By Thalia Anthony, September 13, 2011
Lex Wotton was convicted over leading the Palm Island uprising. (AAP IMAGE/JACK TRAN)

NATIONAL: The man jailed over the Palm Island uprising following the death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee is appealing a bail condition that has left him gagged. DR THALIA ANTHONY* explains.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Latest Videos

AFL Indigenous Round

AFL INDIGENOUS ROUND: This weekend the AFL celebrates and honours the contribution of Aboriginal players to the Aboriginal game of Marngrook, or as its commonly known, AFL.

Picture Galleries

Outback windmill

AMAZING PEOPLE, PLACES: Chris Graham travelled to Central Australia to research the affects of the Northern Territory intervention.