The Queensland Locked Out group is set to stage a peaceful protest on George Street this Thursday. The event will run from 4 to 6:30 pm.
This is in response to a proposal by the Queensland Police Union for mandatory 2 AM closing times for all Brisbane venues.
Dom Hefferan spoke to Zach Salar of Queensland Locked Out. For more details see our 4ZZZ News report from Monday March 8. Click here to see a Google Map of Parliament House and how to get there by public transport.A rally called to protest an Aboriginal death in custody will be held on Thursday March 11, at 11am at Parliament House on George and Alice Streets in Brisbane City. David Jackmanson spoke to Aboriginal community worker Sam Watson about the death in custody, and the rally.
Ross McSwain of the Queensland Correctional Services department said he would not comment on the allegation that the Aboriginal man was denied the medical care he requested, as a coronial investigation was underway. Click here for a Google Map showing the best way to get to Parliament House by public transport.The Queensland Locked Out group is set to stage a peaceful protest on George Street this Thursday. The event will run from 4 to 6:30 pm.
This is in response to a proposal by the Queensland Police Union for mandatory 2 AM closing times for all Brisbane venues. The QPU proposed the move in an attempt to curb street violence.
Queensland Locked Out has claimed independent studies show no clear link between closing times and street violence, and is instead asking for harsher penalties and greater security in recreation areas.
We spoke to rally organiser Zach Salar.
A rally called to protest an Aboriginal death in custody will be held on Thursday March 11, at 11am at Parliament House on George and Alice Streets in Brisbane City. The man died in the Princess Alexandra Hospital on February 20 after being transferred from the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, which is managed by GEO Group Australia. We spoke to Aboriginal community worker Sam Watson about the death.
Mr Watson said that the prison administration had breached their duty of care to the man who has died. He also said that the rally would support the community on Palm Island as a third inquest opens into the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee in a police cell there in 2004.
Ross McSwain of the Queensland Correctional Services department said he would not comment on the allegation that the Aboriginal man was denied the medical care he requested, as a coronial investigation was underway.
This is in response to a proposal by the Queensland Police Union for mandatory 2 AM closing times for all Brisbane venues. The QPU proposed the move in an attempt to curb street violence.
Queensland Locked Out has claimed independent studies show no clear link between closing times and street violence, and is instead asking for harsher penalties and greater security in recreation areas.
A rally called to protest an Aboriginal death in custody will be held on Thursday March 11, at 11am at Parliament House on George and Alice Streets in Brisbane City. We spoke to Aboriginal community worker Sam Watson about the death two weeks ago in a Brisbane jail.
Mr Watson said that the prison administration had breached their duty of care to the man who has died. He also said that the rally would also support the community on Palm Island as a third inquest opens into the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee in a police cell there in 2004.Aborigines in the Northern Territory are being exploited for land regarding Australia’s first nuclear waste disposal site.
While under the Howard Government, a $12 million contract was signed by the Ngapa clan, in which the clan agreed to volunteer 4 square kilometres of their land at the Muckaty Station.
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says the Government is dangling a very small amount of money in the scheme of things to trade off their country and it’s completely inappropriate.
Civilians and military servicemen affected by British nuclear testings on Australian soil are seeking compensation from the British Government.
Britain conducted numerous nuclear testings in the Australian outback throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s in remote towns such as Woomera and Coober Pedy.
Victims of the nuclear testings claim that adequate warnings and protection were not provided and they suffer from diseases and disabilities such as cancer, skin disease and deformities.
QC Cherie Booth will represent those seeking compensation and hopes to commence legal action by May.
