Protesters will on Saturday march through Brisbane calling for an end to First Nations people dying in custody, and racism towards black people.
Institutional racism and systemic bias against Indigenous Queenslanders is making them sick, a leading health body says.
The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council says the circumstances surrounding Mr Floyd's death are all too familiar to minority communities in Australia.At least 432 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in police custody in Australia since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report in 1991.
They include poor mental health, social and emotional distress, injury, harmful alcohol and substance use, self-harm, suicide ideation and attempts, and exacerbated physical health conditions due to disengagement with the health system, the QAIHC says.Scott McDougall, Queensland's Human Rights Commissioner, urged Australian governments to actively work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in a"power-sharing" way.
The Facebook event page tells people to"wear a face mask and other PPE, use hand sanitiser, stay home if you are sick or at a high-risk status for infection".In Sydney, the NSW Supreme Court has banned a Black Lives Matter protest, but activists have vowed to march in defiance of the order.
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