The ABC reports:
The Queensland Government is calling for better leadership on Palm Island in the wake of a riot that has destroyed the police station. The violence erupted when the north Queensland Indigenous community heard the details of a post-mortem conducted on a 36-year-old man who died in police custody last week. The report says that Cameron Doomagee had a ruptured lung and broken ribs. Police say Mr Doomagee died after a scuffle with police during which he and an officer fell onto concrete steps. Premier Peter Beattie says the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) is investigating the death. He says the violence may not have occurred if the island's council leaders had explained to residents that there would be an independent investigation.


Mr Beattie

How moving to hear of all your concern for the police on the riot-gripped island. How inspiring your leadership is in denouncing those who would so inexplicably plan to violently express their hostility towards the police. And how typical that neither you, nor any of your ministers, has expressed any concern that a man has died in custody, wih broken ribs and other injuries.

Nothing really changes in Queensland, does it? How fortunate that naming stadiums "Nigger" would reflect only a mentality of former times.

Wake up!