Transport officials and police were prevented from taking down an illegal flagpole on the island.
Queensland Police patrol in Coolangatta, Australia, on Aug. 20, 2021. Chris Hyde/Getty Images
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Police and transport officials were blocked from removing an illegal flagpole at a Queensland tourism hotspot, where Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Palestinian flags continue to fly.
The poles were installed on North Stradbroke Island in 2022-23 without government funding approval by the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC).
Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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