The Latest Breaking News from Doomadgee

'Systems failed' in rheumatic heart disease deaths

An inquest has found health systems failed three women from a remote Queensland community who had rheumatic heart disease and died within 18 months.

AAP · Jun 30, 2023

Institutional racism contributed to deaths of three Indigenous women, Queensland coroner finds

Deaths of the three Doomadgee residents were caused by complications due to rheumatic heart disease

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023

Gulf of Carpentaria towns fear another flood as urgent funding pleas ignored in federal budget

Leaders in one of the country's most disadvantaged communities fear their towns will die if bridges are not raised before the next wet season.

ABC News · May 11, 2023

Gulf residents prepare for mass evacuation as record Queensland floods continue

Emergency services have ramped up evacuation efforts in the Gulf of Carpentaria as "unprecedented" floods threaten to submerge towns.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Rising flood water in north-west Queensland causing logistical nightmare for emergency services

Supplies are being flown, trucked and shipped thousands of kilometres across the state to remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria isolated by flood. But as waters continue to rise, operations are becoming more complicated.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

Gulf of Carpentaria communities enduring biggest floods in decade brace for further heavy rain

With fuel supplies dwindling and phone lines down in some communities, emergency services are bracing for even more rainfall expected later this week.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Calls for aid in Doomadgee, residents face weeks trapped by floodwater with 'bare' supermarket shelves

The only grocery store in a remote Gulf Country community is under fire for limited and expensive stock and stranded residents are demanding the government step in.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Gidgee Healing withdraws aged care service from Gulf communities due to underfunding

A major health organisation is withdrawing its aged care service from remote Queensland citing underfunding and staff shortages. Local leaders are calling on the federal government to do more to support elderly residents.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Extra police called in to Doomadgee after child's death in remote community

Additional police from Mount Isa have arrived in the remote community of Doomadgee to investigate the sudden death of a child overnight.

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

Doomadgee Aboriginal organisation spells end of 'failed, wasted services', say local leaders

This Aboriginal community in north-west Queensland takes power off the government in a bid to eliminate cookie-cutter programs that have not delivered meaningful results in more than 15 years.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022