Officials Blocked From Removing Palestinian, Indigenous Flags on Queensland Island

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

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).