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Article Excerpt
Palm Island, the deceptively paradisal island off Townsville, has been rarely out of the news through the Christmas-New Year and summer holiday period. The national tragedy of Mulrunji Doomadgee's death in police custody on 19 November 2004, and a rush for 'closure' which has followed the 27 September 2006 report of Coroner Clements, has been batted around by media, commentators, and the 'justice' system. Related tragedies such as the suicide of Mulrunji's son and suicide of a key Aboriginal witness, have almost slipped beneath due attention.
Those outside Queensland need to understand exotic local factors. One is the suspicion that women in responsible jobs (coroner, state public prosecutor, lawyer, judge, et al.) are not really up to 'men's work'--like keeping Aboriginal people 'in their place'? Also, the Queensland police and their...
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