Aboriginal Land

Australian Racism - A Case Study - Palm Island 2004 - 2006

For those interested in the manner in which institutionalised racism functions in the Australian context, one need look no further than the case of the death of an Aboriginal man on Palm Island, the historically notorious QLD Government 'punishment camp' under the old QLD 'apartheid system'.

The death of Mulrunji Doomadgee at the hands of a QLD Police officer led to a riot and a subsequent 'comedy of errors' as the Beattie Labor Government struggled to contain the political damage at the same time as maintaining an apologetic approach to the powerful QLD Police union.

The unmentioned 'elephant in the room' was the long entrenched culture of racism that permeates QLD society and politics.

It is in that context you might read this index of the history of the recent events on Palm Island, as seen through the prism of the sometimes questionable newspaper coverage by Australian media.

This chronological index nevertheless provides an interesting history of how this issue became a major crisis largely through the political ineptitude displayed by the Beattie Government over a protracted period between 2004 and 2006.

The saga continues to unfold and future episodes will be incorporated into this index

http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/news/2006/palm/palmindex.html

Lex Wotton has been portrayed by the Queensland police, government and mainstream media as the ringleader of the so-called “riot” that occurred on Palm Island on November 26, 2004. A police station and residence were destroyed after a police report on the death of community member Mulrunji Doomadgee that concluded that his death was an accident was read at a public meeting. Wotton will face court in October 2008.

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[Soundgarden8497]

@tezzator no, you did.

[tezzator]

@Soundgarden8497 HAHAHAHA you got owned like your mothers asshole

[Soundgarden8497]

@tezzator you never owned a "car" in the first place. you just opened the fuel cap sometimes to get high off the petrol fumes. bob brown is a homosexual so that's impossible. he fucked you and your father's arse in a green's poofter orgy meeting.

[tezzator]

@Soundgarden8497 Hahahaha how about I steal your fucking car, Mod it up, then say "fuck you faggot I found this car which I personally thought was shit but I've modded it up and now I'm going to keep it" are you going to say "it was shit when i got it fair enough it's yours now" BULLSHIT HAHA you will call the cops for theft you hypocritical faggot. BTW Bob Brown fucked your mother in her ass. we watch the film at our leftist meetings every week

[Soundgarden8497]

@tezzator aboriginals didn't own shit. bullshit they had houses, they lived in fucking caves and under sticks put against trees. where are the maps they drew up of their states and territories? faded on some fucking rock in the middle of the desert? you need to accept that you did nothing with australia and you lost it. you'd give the coons everything when they do nothing? yeah, go vote for bob brown you leftist fucking useless scum. people like you should be done away with

[tezzator]

@Soundgarden8497 btw sound garden is for faggots~!

[tezzator]

@Soundgarden8497 You are such an ignorant fucking tard. They owned the fucking country dickweed! they had states and territories set up, a society with a leadership council with houses they had built themselves. Why the fuck is it do you think only 'white' infastructure which was built my immigrants btw is the only relevant type? stfu you dickhead as a tax payer i would give them everything the govt fucking had and i'm not black. get cancer btw

[RosettaH1]

@Soundgarden8497 First ownership '' Indigenous Australians'' & yes u do need permission!

[RosettaH1]

@Soundgarden8497 Really is that why the Government paid out a substantiated amount 2 repay ''STOLEN WAGES''!

[Soundgarden8497]

@tezzator aboriginals didn't own Australia, they had built nothing, settled nothing, claimed nothing put no infrastructure in, or ANYTHING that shows ownership. all youse did was wander around and basically graffitied some rocks. so if anyone should say sorry it's the aboriginals for being a pain in the arse and costing the taxpayers billions of dollars.