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The rock climbing wall kids killed with red dots
Key points: Doomadgee secured a second year of consultation on its new hospital...
Reece Harley 10 Jun 2026
'Gives the Doomadgee community real hope' - Gunawuna Jungai partners in research project to drive reform
Gunawuna Jungai Ltd has become a community partner in the SPARC Research Project...
Giovanni Torre 3 Apr 2026
Critical work begins to deliver water security projects for Queensland Indigenous communities
Critical work has begun to deliver water security projects for the Indigenous co...
Giovanni Torre 31 Mar 2026
Gunawuna Jungai appoints Athol Walden as new board chairperson
Gunawuna Jungai has announced the appointment of Athol Walden as board chair, a...
Giovanni Torre 11 Feb 2026
Crash in Aboriginal community of Doomadgee kills woman and 10-year-old girl
A man has been arrested by police after the death of a 30-year-old woman and 10-...
Jarred Cross 7 Nov 2025
Man's body found in river at Doomadgee

Police are investigating a death in the remote Queensland community of Doomadgee after a man's body was found in the Nicholson River. Emergency services were called at around 1:15pm on Sunday afternoo...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 14, 2025
Closing the Gap work to continue in Doomadgee under new leadership

Gunawuna Jungai, the community-controlled body representing Queensland's Doomadgee community, has announced the appointment of Atlanta Taylor and Kerry-Anne Gallagher to its board.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 10, 2025
Gidgee Healing and Heart of Australia extend heart health services to Mount Isa and Lower Gulf

Gidgee Healing is partnering with Heart of Australia to provide heart healthcare services to the communities of Mount Isa, Mornington Island, Normanton, and Doomadgee.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 29, 2024
Boodjamulla National Park returned to the Waanyi people

More than 79,000 hectares of Boodjamulla National Park has been returned to the land's Traditional Owners, the Waanyi people. The Boodjamulla National Park was handed back to the Waanyi people in a ce...

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Fraser Barton Jun 24, 2023
The 'outdated' medical phrase causing trauma for Indigenous patients

A leading Indigenous heart health practitioner has labelled language standards used in medical notes as outdated and risking inflicting trauma on First Nations people.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 16, 2022
Ex-health boss backs inquest calls to overhaul fractured QLD Aboriginal health service delivery

The former boss of Doomadgee's Gidgee Healing has backed calls to overhaul Queensland's Aboriginal health service. Speaking on Tuesday at the the inquest of three young Indigenous women from Doomadgee...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 15, 2022
Money 'won't fix' First Nations heart disease crisis, top doc tells Queensland deaths inquest

One of Queensland's top doctors has told the state's coroner money will not fix a deadly heart disease crisis disproportionately impacting First Nations people.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 14, 2022
Medical record failures, understaffing present in Doomadgee heart disease death cluster, inquest hears

The Queensland coroner has heard the medical records of an Aboriginal woman presenting between health services in the state's north-west in the months before her death showed varied indications of her...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 13, 2022
O'Keefe crowned rodeo king as Doomadgee marks triumphant return to Queensland circuit

Gilbert O'Keefe has tasted double success at this year's Doomadgee Rodeo, notching wins in the novice and open bull rides at the end of August.

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NIT Sep 12, 2022
Doomadgee trial will prove to the rest of Australia the power of self-determination

Despite what the white saviours and organisations that profit from Indigenous disadvantage say, the only way to close the gap is through a new supportive approach that empowers self-determination for...

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Guest Author Sep 6, 2022
Deaths of three Indigenous women reveals 'system in crisis', Queensland inquest hears

The second hearing of an inquest into the deaths of three young Indigenous women in Queensland has exposed underlying racism in the state's health system, a close relative and community leader says.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 22, 2022
Queensland Indigenous community eyes improved healthcare, job prospects under self-determination trial

A Closing the Gap pilot program will be rolled out in the far north-western Queensland community of Doomadgee as part of a broader commitment from the State Government.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 8, 2022
Claim 'hundreds' of Indigenous people denied proper medical care amid Queensland hospital deaths probe

A north Queensland community leader says he is aware of hundreds of First Nations people being denied adequate medical care as an inquiry into three deaths in 2019 continues.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 25, 2022
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