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Luke Williams is a police and crime reporter for The Advertiser. He previously covered courts for the Cairns Post.

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Cairns teens pose up on Instagram in front of an allegedly stolen car.

‘Do whatever you want’: Qld teens reveal how and why they steal cars

The reasons why young car thieves steal cars has been revealed in an exclusive report which a leading criminologist says shows how to reduce youth crime.

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Court stoush over alleged knock out of ‘ninja’ by disability worker

A man who allegedly dragged a man from under his car, beat him unconscious and left him in intensive care with claims he only responded in self-defence against the ‘Cairns Ninja’.

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Carpenter sentenced over drugging, sexually assaulting teens

A former security guard at a Cairns nightclub, who later ran a carpentry business, lured five boys in with offers of cannabis, trips to swimming pools, and fishing expeditions, a court has heard.

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FEES APPLY. Two men have been arrested for hindering police following a serious crash in Sydney’s west., Emergency crews responded to reports of a vehicle ablaze Shortly before 7.30pm on Thursday after it crashed into a tree at the intersection of Pendock Road and Sherringham Road, Cranebrook., Members of the public removed the three male occupants from the vehicle., Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the vehicle fire., Prior to the arrival of emergency services, an occupant from the vehicle left the location and was last seen on foot along Pendock Road. , Another occupant – 12-year-old boy - was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics. He was taken to Nepean Hospital with a broken leg and hip injuries, Officers from Nepean Police Area Command secured a crime scene and were informed that immediately after the crash two men attended and placed a third occupant into a shopping trolley before leaving the scene. MUST CREDIT TNV

Grieving man sentenced over hit-and-run of 86yo woman

A 44-year-old Cairns man, who later suffered an ‘unbearable loss’, was on a cocktail of six different drugs when he ran over an elderly woman in a hit-and-run.

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Teens found ‘hanging out’ at home of pedophile

A youth worker says she was recently looking for one of her young clients and found the girl at a registered pedophile’s house amid a concerning trend she believes is rife in Cairns.

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Gordonvale woman Lisa Joanne Aston Michael has carved a career from communicating with living, dead and unborn animals.

Woman runs business ‘channelling’ dead pets

The former musician says she has “hundreds of clients” who pay her up to $120 an hour to communicate via telepathy with dead and unborn pets.

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Close Up on Man's Hands at Home, Sitting on a Couch in Stylish Loft Apartment and Playing Arcade Car Video Games on Console. Male Using Controller to Play Street Racing Drift Simulator.

New 24/7 gaming centre slated to stop teen crime

The idea, started by a Cairns youth worker, will aim to get young people “to stop stealing cars and to start making money playing e-sports.”

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Alleged break and enter at Ballina Cafe Two men have been captured on CCTV allegedly breaking the front window of a Ballina cafe about 1am on Wednesday.

Centrelink sanctions ‘causing’ teens to commit crimes

Cairns youth advocate says illiterate young people are turning to crime after having their Centrelink payments suspended.

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New underwear is available at the Lismore Clothing Hub that has been set up at the Lismore Showgrounds.

Disturbing trend of DV offenders revealed

A domestic violence sector source says that a “surprising number” of abusive men are sniffing their partners’ bodies and underwear to check for signs of infidelity.

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Shocking reason single parents are discriminated against

A whistleblowing real estate agent and a landlord say that single parents are “heavily discriminated against” in the rental market, with one single mum who works full-time living in her car because no one will lease a home to her.

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