One flagpole flying Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Palestinian flags remains following standoff between transport workers and local Aboriginal people Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland transport officials will meet Aboriginal groups this week to resolve a standoff over unauthorised flagpoles flying the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Palestinian flags on the popular tourist island of Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). Workers from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), flanked by police, tried to remove the two flagpoles on 31 August – the same day as the March for Australia rallies – but were only partly successful after protesters formed a barricade around the second pole. Continue reading...