Wotton v Queensland (No 5)

rdf:langString Wotton v Queensland (No 5)

rdf:langString Wotton v Queensland

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rdf:langString Lex Wotton, Agnes Wotton & Cecilia Wotton

rdf:langString State of Queensland & Commissioner of the Police Service

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rdf:langString Wotton v Queensland (the Palm Island Class Action case) is a class action lawsuit brought against the State of Queensland and the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service on behalf of 447 Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders who live on Palm Island in Queensland, Australia. The class action arose out of the events surrounding the death in police custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on 19 November 2004, the subsequent protests by the community, which led to the police station being burned down on 26 November 2004, and the police response to those protests. The first applicant in the class action, Lex Wotton, was alleged to have been the "ring leader" in what police called the "Palm Island riot", and was subsequently convicted of "riot causing damage". The case was heard between September 2015 and May 2016, with an appeal brought and then withdrawn in early 2017. In May 2018, the plaintiffs were granted a A$30-million-dollar settlement and an apology by the Queensland Government.

rdf:langString Unlawful racial discrimination; representative proceedings

rdf:langString Racial Discrimination Act 1975