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Sky News AU
11-08-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson urges Qld Premier to ramp up opposition to native title claim on resort island
Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson has fired up at Premier David Crisafulli's government, saying it is not doing enough to stand up against native title claims on a getaway island off the state's coast. The claim on Great Keppel Island, which is one of 38 native title claims active across Queensland, was lodged last year by the Indigenous Woppaburra people. If approved, the claim would give the Woppaburra exclusive rights to an abandoned resort and an airstrip, among other parts of the island, according to The Courier Mail. In a letter to Premier Crisfaulli seen by the masthead, Ms Hanson urged the Queensland government to take a stronger stance against the claim, and also called for the state to establish and fund a scheme for native title claim respondents. 'Given the Queensland government is often liable for the compensation awarded to successful native title claimants, I am seeking your government's support to provide a native title Respondent Scheme for Queensland councils and opposing entities,' the One Nation leader penned in the letter. 'Native title claims are heavily impacting the Livingstone Shire and Redland City councils – both of which are required to spend ratepayers money to defend against objectionable claims.' Ms Hanson has requested a meeting with Mr Crisfaulli and Queensland's Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last about setting up the fund for councils. The Senator's comments come after it was reported last month that dozens of Queensland councils were calling for urgent financial support to deal with related to Native Title claims. The roughly $2 million figure spent by Redland City Council in Queensland's south-east over an extensive claim is to set to rise, with a four-week Federal Court hearing scheduled later this year. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled a $75 million funding package to support Native Title holders during a visit to Garma. 'We must end the stalemate that arises when native title organisations with little in the way of back of house or legal or commercial expertise are expected to negotiate with multinational companies,' Mr Albanese said. 'Today I announce our government will provide $75 million in additional funding to support native title holders to secure better deals, drive faster approvals and deliver a real and lasting economic legacy for communities.'
The Age
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
There's a story in that: Brisbane Comedy Festival puts life at the centre of laughs
If the adage that 'you're never too old to try something new' applies to anyone on this year's Brisbane Comedy Festival line-up, it's definitely Janty Blair. Blair, a proud Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman, spent more than three decades working as a nurse and midwife. Supporting birthing mothers was her area of expertise. But a series of events in her mid-50s changed her course towards comedy. Or as she puts it: 'comedy found me'. 'I had just gotten back into [nursing and midwifery] and I had moved up to Hervey Bay,' she explains. 'Then my sister cousin who I was very close to passed away. 'And I said to myself, 'what would I do if I couldn't fail?'' Loading A few months after COVID ended, Blair helped her sister produce a comedy show in Townsville. It was a huge success. By the time she found herself on a Bumble date in Byron Bay at a comedy afternoon, her destiny was all but writing itself. 'There were all these non-Indigenous women performing, and I thought, no one looks like me,' Blair says.
Sydney Morning Herald
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
There's a story in that: Brisbane Comedy Festival puts life at the centre of laughs
If the adage that 'you're never too old to try something new' applies to anyone on this year's Brisbane Comedy Festival line-up, it's definitely Janty Blair. Blair, a proud Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman, spent more than three decades working as a nurse and midwife. Supporting birthing mothers was her area of expertise. But a series of events in her mid-50s changed her course towards comedy. Or as she puts it: 'comedy found me'. 'I had just gotten back into [nursing and midwifery] and I had moved up to Hervey Bay,' she explains. 'Then my sister cousin who I was very close to passed away. 'And I said to myself, 'what would I do if I couldn't fail?'' Loading A few months after COVID ended, Blair helped her sister produce a comedy show in Townsville. It was a huge success. By the time she found herself on a Bumble date in Byron Bay at a comedy afternoon, her destiny was all but writing itself. 'There were all these non-Indigenous women performing, and I thought, no one looks like me,' Blair says.
