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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee and Andrew Messenger

Queensland truth-telling inquiry chair says premier ‘hugely disrespectful’ to demand work cease via media

Members of Queensland's truth-telling and healing inquiry, Ivan Ingram, Vonda Malone, Joshua Creamer, Cheryl Buchanan and Roslyn Atkinson
The chair of Queensland's truth-telling and healing inquiry, Joshua Creamer (centre) said ending the inquiry would cause “a significant amount of devastation” across the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island community. Photograph: Keira Jenkins/AAP

The chair of Queensland’s truth-telling and healing inquiry says the new premier, David Crisafulli, should “just have the decency to front up” to First Nations people, after delivering an edict via the media for the inquiry to immediately cease its work.

Joshua Creamer, a Waanyi and Kalkadoon man, told reporters on Friday he had still received no communication from Crisafulli or any member of the new LNP government.

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