Angry scenes at hemp rallyBRISBANE — Twelve people were arrested amidst angry scenes at a July 12 protest against Queensland's marijuana laws. At a rally at King George Square outside the city hall, a crowd of more than
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BRISBANE — Queensland is the most poverty-stricken state in Australia, according to a Queensland Council of Social Services (QCOSS) report released earlier this month. Drawing the Line on Poverty shows one in four children
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Goss cuts Aboriginal controlBRISBANE — Les Malezer, the former head of the Goss government's Aboriginal Affairs Department, has resigned in protest at its restructuring. On March 16, he warned that the new Office of
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CJC slams Pinkenba SixBRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission has called for the sacking of a senior police officer over the "Pinkenba Six" incident, in which six police were charged over the abduction of three
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Police freed in abduction of Aboriginal childrenBRISBANE — Magistrate Robert Quinlan on February 24 dismissed charges against six police who had previously admitted to abducting and terrorising three Aboriginal children.