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No legal action will be taken against Brisbane rock band Powderfinger for their song about Aboriginal deaths in custody, after the group changed the song's controversial lyrics.
Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine said that altered lyrics to the song Black Tears had been examined and were no cause for legal concern.
Lawyers feared the original song lyrics could prejudice a trial against former Queensland policeman, Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley.
He will face trial in Townsville next month, charged with one count each of manslaughter and assault of Mulrunji Doomadgee at Palm Island, in north Queensland, in 2004.
