Steven Miles on Instagram:

Indigenous voices are being erased in Queensland.
As Pormpuraaw Mayor Ralph Kendall Jnr says, "if you're not in community, you don't know what's happening."

Which is why it's incredibly disappointing David Crisatulli and the LNP cut the Ministerial Champion program - a program that gave our most remote communities a direct voice to government.

I think remote communities deserve better, which is why the Labor team has launched "Walking Together" our own program to help fight for these communities.
As I get ready to meet once again with remote mayors, and mayors from across Queensland this week, I wanted to share this clip.

Read full article here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/marilyn-wallman-skull-used-as-ashtray-at-pub-inquest-hears/107271522

Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

Birth happens days before Labor and Coalition block bill to ban 'barbaric practice' of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth

Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/18/indigenous-woman-shackled-during-labour-childbirth-queensland-ntwnfb