Hospital hearing for man charged with mother’s murder
Queensland man Leonard James Llewellyn Smetheram has been accused of murdering his mother, who was found dead at a home north of Brisbane.
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Former Logan mayor spared jail time for corruption
A Queensland judge says former Logan City Council mayor Luke Smith engaged in "obvious criminality" by favouring a developer in return for a luxury boat.
Air evacuations from remote town ahead of record flood
Evacuations are underway in a remote town with people stranded across northwest Queensland as some rivers approach record flood levels.
‘So sad, too bad’ response to robodebt impacts
The royal commission into robodebt has heard from a former Centrelink social worker whose concerns about the impacts of the scheme were repeatedly dismissed.
‘Bizarre’ debt notices flagged by Centrelink employees
Two former Centrelink employees have told a royal commission their concerns with the way robodebt was operating were repeatedly dismissed.
Man charged after woman’s body discovered in yard
A man has been charged with murder after police and emergency services were called to a "confronting" disturbance where a woman aged in her 50s was found dead.
Former mayor has gone from ‘rooster to feather duster’
Former Logan City Council mayor Luke Smith is set to face sentencing after pleading guilty to charges including misconduct in public office.
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Qld sentencing data could make case for raising the age
Less than 10 per cent of young offenders in Queensland are under 14, a report says, as states weigh increasing the criminal age of responsibility.
Drag racer challenges jail term for drug trafficking
Former Queensland drag racing champion Brett Raymond Stevens applied to reopen sentence over a $1.2 million operation that produced thousands of MDMA pills.
School kids in hospital after eating unknown substance
More than a dozen children are in hospital after they became sick from eating an unknown substance on a school bus.
Security guard spared jail over repeatedly punching man
Asked to leave after birthday drinks got "messy", a 30-year-old man suffered jaw fractures and a brain bleed when he was repeatedly punched by a security guard.
NRL star’s mum faces new charge over fatal car crash
NRL star Payne Haas' mother has been slapped with a drink driving charge in relation to the fatal car crash she allegedly caused on the Gold Coast.
Department was ‘double-crossed’ on legality of robodebt
A federal government department overseeing the robodebt scheme misled another about the legality of the scheme, the royal commission has heard.
Jail for rapist of woman with intellectual disability
Queensland man Stewart Glen Duce has been jailed in Brisbane District Court for sexually assaulting a "vulnerable" woman after being invited to her unit.
Family says killer dumped partner’s body like rubbish
Traven Lee Fisher has tearfully pleaded guilty to manslaughter four years after the body of his pregnant partner was found in the boot of an abandoned car.
Prisoner checks ‘substandard’ in hours prior to death
Queensland Police found a Brisbane Watch House officer did not complete adequate safety checks on Aunty Sherry, an Indigenous woman who died in custody.
Department misled independent watchdog on robodebt
Key documents flagging robodebt's potential illegality were withheld from the independent watchdog investigating the department running the scheme.
Wannabe social media croc hunter fined $12,000
A would-be social media crocodile hunter has been fined $12,000 for catching or attempting to catch 16 reptiles in northern Queensland.
Ex-Qld mayor pleads guilty years after watchdog probe
A former Queensland mayor has pleaded guilty to offences that arose from an investigation by the state's corruption watchdog, five years after being charged.
‘Never again’ says family at deaths in custody inquest
Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo, known as Aunty Sherry, died at the Brisbane watch house in September 2020, prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the city.
Man tries to sell phone, stabbed by masked intruder
A man received five stab wounds from a masked intruder when he tried to sell three phones at his residence in February 2022, Brisbane District Court have heard.
Silence on the airwaves ahead of fatal chopper crash
The initial investigations into a fatal helicopter crash include an assessment of radio transmissions in the seconds ahead of the collision.
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Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid
The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.
Top bureaucrat failed to notice major robodebt change
A former secretary of the departments that ran robodebt missed a key change to a ministerial brief which misrepresented how income would be assessed.
Future of Qld lawyer’s corruption charge to be decided
A jury has been discharged in a Brisbane lawyer's corruption trial, with the matter adjourned for three weeks for the prosecution to consider the proceeding.
Queensland considers third-party car insurance reform
Queensland is looking at a shake-up of the state's compulsory third-party car insurance scheme amid concerns over premium competition and insurer profitability.
Cell safety concerns raised at inquest of ‘kind woman’
The Queensland Coroners Court is investigating the deaths in custody of Shiralee Deanne Tilberoo in 2020 and Vlasta Wylucki in 2018.
Man successfully appeals sentence after home invasion
Russell Ian Hirst has successfully appealed against his sentence after being involved in a violent home invasion which forced a family to leave their house.
Man charged over teen’s hit-run death to apply for bail
Tobias Alexander Fine is set to apply for bail after being charged with manslaughter following a 17-year-old motorcyclist's death in an alleged hit-and-run.
Lin-Manuel Miranda joins Hamilton audience in Brisbane
The award-winning creator of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has finally fulfilled his promise to see the Australian production of his acclaimed musical.
Turnbull queried fairness but not legality of robodebt
Malcolm Turnbull says his main concern with the flawed robodebt scheme was with the accuracy of debts being sent to welfare recipients.