Palm island riots


Koch: Cover-up and lies at QLD police

QLD Police Commissioner Bob Atkins needs to be held accountable for the terrible injustice occurring in his police force, particularly with those involved in the death of Mulrungi Doomadgee on Palm Island, writes Tony Koch.

Holding their breath for Palm justice

This latest inquest into the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee is being watched by Indigenous people around the nation for one simple reason: it represents the best chance yet for justice over an Aboriginal death in custody.

Crikey Says: A chance for justice at last in Palm Island inquest

When it comes to Palm Island, at least people are finally paying attention again to deaths of Aboriginal people in custody.

The secret evidence of the death on Palm Island

Explosive evidence is being suppressed about the 2004 death of a man in custody on Palm Island. The only thing that Jeff Waters can legally say is that the policeman involved had a history of violence against indigenous people.

Bartlett: Five years later, Palm Island is still waiting

One of the most telling aspects of the terrible injustices involved in the death in police custody of Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomagee is that, five years on, there has been no public investigation and report, writes Andrew Bartlett.

Palm Island: Tallying the injuries between black and white

The police on the front line at Palm Island did face adversity, but if it wasn’t of their own making, it was certainly made by their colleagues, writes Chris Graham.

So who or what is behind Greens Watch?

We seem to have reached that point in the electoral process when the minds of our political hopefuls turn inexorably to dirt, writes Jeff Sparrow.