New laws prep Queensland for coercive control offence
The Queensland government is preparing to introduce a standalone coercive control criminal offence as updated domestic and family violence laws pass parliament.
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Group ‘wanted to fight’ man before fatal stabbing
A nine-strong group travelled to an apartment to fight Joshua Lindsay Elkerton-Sandy before a fatal Australia Day stabbing of 18-year-old, a court has heard.
Health bodies praise proposed Qld drug diversion change
Queensland health organisations have welcomed the expansion of a drug diversion program as a positive step towards a health-based approach to drug use.
Qld govt defends bail crackdown limiting child rights
The Queensland government says its criminalising breaching bail as part of its youth crime crackdown because the community has called for it.
First Nations treaty bill tabled in Qld parliament
A Queensland government bill that sets out a proposed map to a treaty, including a new truth and healing inquiry, has been introduced to parliament.
Robodebt victims stood ‘ice cube’s chance in hell’
The robodebt commissioner has chastised a former bureaucrat over how the government proceeded with the unlawful debt collection scheme despite legal warnings.
Media denied right to name high-profile rape accused
A rape case against a prominent man has returned to court with media not allowed to have his identity revealed but their lawyer said they'd continue trying.
Santos wins approval for 116 gas wells in western Qld
The federal government has given Santos approval to drill 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland's Surat Basin with an operational life of 30 years.
BHP urged to support coal communities as they exit
BHP's decision to sell two Queensland coal mines has riled unions and renewed calls from the resource industry for a review of the state's royalty rates.
Big Pineapple has court win over disputed $5.5m debt
The company behind The Big Pineapple has won a temporary victory in a dispute with one investor who wants to have the Queensland tourist attraction sold off.
Man accused of murder over Bribie Island death
A 47-year old man will face court accused of murder after police found a woman unresponsive during a welfare check near Brisbane.
Tensions boil over at Brisbane manslaughter trial
A woman has left a Brisbane courtroom in tears after tensions boiled over in the public gallery at Joshua Lindsay Elkerton-Sandy's manslaughter trial.
Qld to decriminalise possession of most illicit drugs
Queensland will move to decriminalise drug possession with police to refer people caught with illicit substances or utensils to diversion programs.
More than 30 treated after gas leak at Qld school
More than a dozen students have been taken to hospital after a gas leak at a primary school in St George, Queensland.
Second man charged over policeman’s shooting in 1999
Queensland police have charged a second man over the shooting of Senior Constable Neil Scutts during a Brisbane bank robbery in 1999.
Qld youth crime laws criticised as ‘knee-jerk reaction’
The Queensland government will make it a criminal offence for a child to breach a bail condition after a number of high-profile crimes involving teenagers.
Top lawyer admits ‘uncertainty’ of robodebt legality
A former leading lawyer for the federal government says there was an undesirable level of uncertainty within the department on the legality of robodebt.
Anguished mum tells how robodebt let down her late son
Jennifer Miller has told the robodebt royal commission of the trauma inflicted on her son, who took his own life after being pursued over a Centrelink debt.
Qld govt’s gas well approvals slammed by activists
The Queensland government's decision to approve dozens of new coal seam gas wells on the Darling Downs has been slammed by environmental activists.
Serial sex offender denies prison rape charges
Raymond Henry Garland has denied prison rape charges, saying he had nothing to do with one of the inmates but had consensual encounters with the other two.
Toddler run down by L-plater left with brain injuries
The boy's mother told a Brisbane court her son's potential in life had been "destroyed" after being run over by a speeding and alcohol-affected learner driver.
Boy, 8, dies after ‘dramatic’ mum’s concerns dismissed
A coroner has found an eight-year-old boy died after concerns of the mother - a registered nurse - were not acted on by staff at a regional Queensland hospital.
Breach of bail to return for young Queensland offenders
Queensland's government has pledged to restore breach of bail as a standalone offence despite cabinet ministers previously rejecting the measure as ineffective.
Australia Day stabbing ‘self defence’ against intruders
A man accused of stabbing a teenager after a group gatecrashed his Australia Day party in Brisbane is on trial for manslaughter.
Dad unhappy with sentence for kids’ deaths in hot car
Kerri-Ann Conley has been jailed for nine years after her "inexcusable" decision that left her two toddlers to die in a hot car after a night spent socialising.
Qld to make it easier to end community title schemes
Queensland wants to allow community title schemes to be wound up with the nod of 75 per cent of owners, and to let bodies corporate ban smoking, but not pets.
Far north Qld braces for heavy rain and flash flooding
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued warnings for severe rainfall and flash flooding in parts of north and northwest Queensland.
Scientists develop new vaccine for encephalitis in pigs
Scientists have developed a new Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine for pigs to help stop the spread of this mosquito-borne disease.
Extreme Christian ideology incited police terror ambush
Australia experienced its first terror attack inspired by extremist Christian ideology in the deadly ambush of police and shootout in Queensland last year.
Pokies-addicted elderly woman defrauds stroke victim
An 80-year-old woman dishonestly withdrew almost $300,000 from her stroke victim friend's accounts to feed a poker machine addiction, a court has heard.
‘Devious’ drug courier jailed over $1 million deal
The judge said Sydney woman Thi Phuong Mai Nguyen's claim about being forced into acting as a courier for 150 kilograms of MDMA was a "bald-faced lie".