Tag: Doomadgee 4830
Tighter grog bans won't help social issues: mayor
The mayor of a Cape York Indigenous community says tightening alcohol restrictions will make no difference to solving social problems.[MORE]
Mayor questions far north alcohol restrictions
The Mayor of a Cape York Indigenous community in far north Queensland says the tightening of alcohol restrictions will make no difference to solving social problems.[MORE]
Indigenous communities awarded $100k for grog reduction
Three Queensland Indigenous communities have been given $100,000 each as a reward for reducing alcohol consumption.[MORE]
Police make Doomadgee drug arrests
Five men have been arrested at Doomadgee in the southern gulf region of Queensland, after police found drugs and alcohol on a property.[MORE]
Pub owner in court battle over alcohol rules
A hotelier from Queensland's Gulf country is taking on the State Government to fight new alcohol restrictions designed to reduce the supply of alcohol in Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Angler rescued after car gets bogged
A man has been rescued from a remote area in north-west Queensland after his vehicle was bogged while on a fishing trip.[MORE]
Two men charged over separate stabbings
Police have charged a 32-year-old man from a remote Gulf of Carpentaria region community with murder, after a stabbing incident on Monday.[MORE]
Man dies in hospital from stabbing wounds
A 34-year-old man from a remote Indigenous community in the Southern Gulf region has died after being stabbed last night.[MORE]
One dead, one hospitalised after stabbings
A 34-year-old man from a remote Queensland Indigenous community in the Southern Gulf region has died after being stabbed last night.[MORE]
Doomadgee jobs scheme boosts building skills
The chief executive officer of the Doomadgee Aboriginal Council says an employment project to teach young people building skills has been a wonderful success.[MORE]
Spitting at police costs Doomadgee man assault conviction
A north-west Queensland man, who was at the centre of a Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) investigation into his alleged bashing by police in 2004, has been convicted of assault.[MORE]
Bail denied to man accused of shooting rampage
A Mount Isa court in north-west Queensland has denied bail to a 33-year old man charged with going on a shooting rampage in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria town of Doomadgee.[MORE]
Survey shows remote areas paying more for groceries
A Queensland Government survey has revealed outback residents are paying up to $113 more for supermarket groceries than city residents.[MORE]
Intervention cash to fund police accommodation
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the State Government has secured $12 million from the Commonwealth to build extra police housing in seven Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Alcohol management is lack ustre: Aboriginal assn
The peak body for Aboriginal shires says the Queensland Police Minister, Judy Spence, should be working more closely with Indigenous local governments over alcohol management.[MORE]
17 arrested smuggling booze in Aboriginal community
Police have arrested 17 people for taking illegal alcohol into the remote Queensland Aboriginal community of Doomadgee in the southern Gulf. [MORE]
Domestic violence down in Nth Qld community
Police research has found there has been a dramatic 45 per cent drop in domestic violence in the Far North Queensland Gulf community of Normanton in the last five months.[MORE]
North Queensland childcare receives vital funding
The Federal Government has increased its funding to 13 childcare services in far north Queensland by 22 per cent for this financial year.[MORE]
Army chief sees troops' efforts in Doomadgee
Australia's top soldier, Lieutenant-General Peter Leahy, yesterday visited the Gulf of Carpentaria region in north-west Queensland, to see how troops have transformed a remote Indigenous community. [MORE]
CCTV revamp for local watch-houses
The Queensland Government is preparing to upgrade the closed circuit television (CCTV) monitoring of inmates in the police watch-houses at Doomadgee and Mornington Island in the state's north.[MORE]
Chief of Army may visit Doomadgee
Doomadgee Shire Aboriginal Council believes the Chief of the Army may visit the Gulf region community later this month.[MORE]
Report highlights Doomadgee council management woes
A report tabled in State Parliament yesterday places the Doomadgee Shire Council, in north Queensland, among the worst managed councils in the state.[MORE]
Army to help boost Doomadgee housing
Fourteen new homes will be constructed in far north Queensland's southern gulf town of Doomadgee, as part of an Army assistance project for Indigenous communities.[MORE]
Missing group found near Doomadgee
Police have found a group of people feared missing in Queensland's gulf country. [MORE]
Five people missing in Qld's Gulf country
Police and rescue crews are searching for five people missing in north-western Queensland. [MORE]
