Bill Mason

  • Mangrove-destroying road dumped

    Mangrove-destroying road dumpedBRISBANE — The Queensland government has decided to drop the controversial Mackay East-West Connector Road project after a six-year campaign by conservationists, anglers and businesspeople. In an

  • Aboriginal academic assaulted and charged

    Aboriginal academic assaulted and chargedBRISBANE — Professor Gracelyn Smallwood, the most prominent Aboriginal health expert in Australia, was assaulted and suffered spinal injuries while being arrested and thrown into a police

  • Teachers warn of strike action

    Teachers warn of strike actionBRISBANE — Queensland teachers are considering industrial action, including strikes and work bans, over a stalled agreement on wages and conditions. The state Labor government has refused to

  • Yanner forced to stand down

    Yanner forced to stand downAboriginal leader Murrandoo Yanner has been forced to stand down from his position as coordinator of the Carpentaria Land Council because of a politically motivated 18-month suspended jail sentence for

  • Doomadgee crisis a product of racist system

    Doomadgee crisis a product of racist systemBRISBANE — On November 21, 12 nurses and doctors withdrew their services from a hospital in the Doomadgee Aboriginal community, in the Gulf region of north Queensland. The incident is a

  • Mapoon elder slams Lingard over 'straw hut' remarks

    Mapoon elder slams Lingard over 'straw hut' remarksBRISBANE — A leader of the Aboriginal community at Mapoon on the Cape York Peninsula has slammed National Party MP and former Aboriginal affairs minister Kev Lingard over racist

  • Bill on same-sex domestic violence welcomed

    Bill on same-sex domestic violence welcomedBRISBANE — Gay and lesbian organisations have welcomed the passage of Queensland government legislation giving same-sex couples the same access to domestic violence protection as that

  • Queensland teachers plan strike

    ueensland teachers plan strikeBRISBANE — State school teachers here are considering a strike or work bans in an effort to force Education Queensland to negotiate on the pay claim the union lodged almost four months ago.

  • Unionists 'living underground'

    Unionists 'living underground'BRISBANE — Unionists on October 27 held a picket outside a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the federal government's second wave workplace relations bill, being conducted in the City Hall

  • Union demands transport industry inquiry

    Union demands transport industry inquiryBRISBANE — Hughie Williams, Queensland state secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), has called for an urgent inquiry into the road transport industry. This follows another fatal

  • Gordonstone miners still 'standing tall'

    Gordonstone miners still 'standing tall'BRISBANE — The miners' union is considering a High Court appeal after the Federal Court ruled on June 25 that, while sacked mineworkers at the Gordonstone mine in central Queensland were

  • Auditor-general slams job cuts

    The federal government's haste to cut public servant numbers has cost $711 million in redundancy payments for about 20,000 staff over three years, according to a report by the auditor-general, Pat Barrett. The report criticised the