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Queensland restores Indigenous sovereignty over sprawling national park

The Boodjamulla National Park was handed back to the Waanyi people in a ceremony at Parliament House in Brisbane on Friday.

The New Daily · Jun 23, 2023

Scathing report into Doomadgee Rural Hospital following First Nations woman's death reveals clinical failures

The Queensland Health Ombudsman releases a scathing report into the preventable death of a First Nations woman at Doomadgee Rural Hospital in the state's north-west.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

New Century Mine confirms zinc spill in Gulf of Carpentaria pipeline

A clean-up is underway after a zinc slurry spill from a mine in the Lawn Hill nature preserve. Authorities and Indigenous elders are on scene.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

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Doomadgee inquest hears of more systemic issues, prejudice and a need for solutions

As the coronial inquest into the deaths of three Indigenous women from the Gulf community of Doomadgee concludes its latest sittings in Cairns this week, relatives of the deceased say they are exhausted with frustration and grief.

ABC News · Sep 16, 2022

Inquest into deaths of three Indigenous women in Doomadgee hears tragic victim impact statements from family

Family members of three women who died from complications associated with rheumatic heart disease in a remote Gulf community give emotional victim impact statements to the inquest into their deaths.

ABC News · Aug 19, 2022

Doomadgee hospital staff say communication breakdowns contributed to deaths

Health professionals from Doomadgee have described the communication breakdowns and lack of resources in the remote Queensland Gulf town that lead to the death of three young women from a disease that was eradicated in non-Indigenous Australian communities in the 1950s and 60s.

ABC News · Aug 17, 2022

Coronial inquest into three Indigenous women's deaths linked to rheumatic heart disease in Doomadgee continues in Cairns

Family members tell a coronial inquest examining the deaths of three Indigenous women in the north-western Queensland town of Doomadgee that "systematic, ingrained racism" was a contributing factor.

ABC News · Aug 15, 2022

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Coronial inquest launches into deaths of Aboriginal women who presented at Doomadgee Hospital

A coronial inquest will launch on Monday into the deaths of three young women who passed away in the space of a year after seeking treatment at a remote north-west Queensland hospital.

ABC News · Jul 16, 2022

Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park management plan cheered by Waanyi people

Waanyi native title holders hope a new management agreement for the popular Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park in Queensland will help them protect and showcase their culture.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

Leaders slam Queensland Health’s response to ‘appalling’ Doomadgee Hospital deaths

Residents of Doomadgee say they no longer rely on hospital services out of fear they will receive inadequate care from "rude staff". After a Four Corners investigation revealed negligent practices led to the deaths of four women, local leaders are outraged at Queensland Health’s response

ABC News · Mar 9, 2022

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