#qld cops

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Brisbane Mural Uses Farnham Lyrics to Test Queensland Hate Speech Laws

Sydney artist Scott Marsh created the South Brisbane mural drawing from Farnham's 1988 duet 'Two Strong Hearts' with Olivia Newton-John, using the phrase alongside Palestinian solidarity symbols. It highlights Queensland's new March 2026 laws—the first in Australia to ban 'from the river to the sea' and 'globalise the intifada'—which carry up to two years in jail for public displays that menace, harass or offend. Police are investigating the mural and pro-Palestine works by local artist James Hillier, who removed pieces after a complaint, while human rights groups warn the rules threaten satire and free expression.

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Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site

Miner says group is ‘trespassing’ but police have acknowledged their cultural rights under human rights act

Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.

The group of Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners opposed to the coalmine project began an ongoing cultural ceremony within the boundary of Adani’s mining lease in late August.

Adani says the group are “anti-fossil fuel activists” who are “trespassing under the guise of traditional activity”.

Police say in a statement their investigations and negotiations are “ongoing”. But officers at the mine site have told the group of traditional owners that they recognise their cultural rights to conduct ceremony, under provisions of the 2019 Queensland Human Rights Act.

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Wow! That's very restrained of the cops when you consider how they've dealt with other protests/ceremonies by Indigenous Australians.