As it happened: Brisbane on October 13

That’s where we’ll leave today’s live updates until we return on Monday morning. But here are some of the key headlines you might have missed.

• A Brisbane man has been jailed after misrepresenting himself as a lawyer on Airtasker and offering bogus advice to 33 people.
• A 16-year-old boy has been charged after a teenager was stabbed in a Kelvin Grove park on Thursday afternoon.
• Queensland parliament has passed laws to make it easier to lay vilification charges, lift maximum penalties for hate crimes, and outlaw the display of banned symbols.
• A 27-year-old man has been charged with a second offence after a 12-year-old boy riding a scooter died following a September 3 collision with a ute at Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast.

Further afield:

• Israel’s government has shown US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO defence ministers graphic images of dead children and civilians allegedly killed by Hamas.
• Singer Vanessa Amorosi has been painted as a witness whose memory could not be relied on as she faced a court hearing in a legal dispute with her mother.
• Yes23 leader Dean Parkin said the No side had gone quiet in the final week of the referendum campaign and was taking voters for granted.

A magistrate has rejected an application for a suppression order protecting the identity of a high-profile man charged with rape in Toowoomba.

However, an interim order remains in place until Tuesday, allowing the man’s lawyers time to consider appealing to a higher court.

Toowoomba Magistrates Court in Queensland, where the case remained ongoing.

The man has remained on bail and not been required to appear for multiple court dates relating to two charges of rape from alleged events in Toowoomba in October 2021.

On Friday, in the Toowoomba Magistrate’s Court, his lawyers argued an interim suppression order over his identity should be made permanent to protect the man’s mental health and the proper administration of justice.

Lawyers for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and registered media – including Brisbane Times – were present to oppose ongoing suppression in the interests of open justice, the complainant’s wishes, and an “irreconcilable difference” between a psychologist’s report and the man’s “public presentation”.

After considering the arguments, Magistrate Clare Kelly proposed lifting the suppression order but agreed to adjourn the case until Tuesday afternoon.

Developers want Brisbane City Council to let them make better use of the top level of a new building planned for James Street in Fortitude Valley.

Under documents lodged with council, the developers want to build offices on the already-approved roof terrace area to provide an extra 753 square metres of space to lease out.

An artist’s impression of the multi-storey hospitality and office development planned for James Street. Credit: Sean Parnell

“The decision to increase the floor area of the proposed development has been made in the context of changing market conditions within Brisbane and globally,” the documents state.

“The James Street locality is marked by significant expansion and evolution, putting it at the forefront of growth in inner-city Brisbane.”

The proposed development, opposite the QA Hotel, would also have hospitality venues, shops and offices.

Every week we poll Brisbane Times readers to find out a bit more about what you think.

This week, we asked if you used the self-serve checkouts at major supermarkets.

Mostly, you do, with only 17 per cent of people answering no.

Joseph Yoon, a chef, educator and advocate for the practice of eating insects, at the Queensland Museum.Credit: Paul Harris

But many said they preferred to avoid them. “I avoid self-service where possible,” one reader wrote in. “Living alone, I enjoy the contact with people on the register.”

And with “edible insect ambassador” Joseph Yoon visiting Brisbane this week, we wondered what you thought of the idea of eating insects.

Only 3 per cent of respondents said they loved the idea, and 47 per cent rejected it completely – leaving 50 per cent who were prepared to try.

Want to have your say? Sign up at the Idea Xchange.

A Brisbane man has been jailed after misrepresenting himself as a lawyer on Airtasker and offering bogus advice to 33 people.

Stephen Arulogun, who has never been admitted to the legal profession in Australia, nor held a practising certificate, pleaded guilty to 65 charges brought against him by the Legal Services Commission.

Arulogun will be eligible for parole in February.

“Mr Arulogun’s conviction and incarceration for unlawfully providing legal services is a clear warning for any person offering legal services when they are not entitled to do so under the law,” Commissioner Megan Mahon said.

Queensland parliament has voted to set up a powerful new independent-led bipartisan committee to look deep at the issue of youth crime, its causes and government responses to it.

The youth justice reform select committee will consider how to prevent young people from entering or staying in the justice system, and ways to stop repeat offending with opportunities for community controlled organisations including First Nations groups.

It will be able to look into the effectiveness of programs, reducing the numbers of young people in custody awaiting sentencing, alternatives to detention – and the most suitable places for such detention.

The committee will run until the October 2024 election and will have the power to call for witnesses, documents and other things, and make reports to the parliament.

Independent Noosa MP Sandy Bolton will chair the group of six other MPs evenly split down major party lines, with Labor’s outspoken Cooper MP Jonty Bush the deputy chair and votes determined by a rare majority plus one.

Queensland police are expecting hundreds of people to gather in Brisbane’s King George Square tonight to raise concerns over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

While organisers of a pro-Palestine rally had applied for a permit to protest, it was not granted and police have been discussing the potential risks with counterparts in other jurisdictions.

Hundreds of people are expected in King George Square tonight, and police will have “sufficient” presence,Credit: Matt Dennien

Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said Queensland had traditionally avoided the violent protests seen elsewhere and many of those expected to turn out had rallied peacefully in the past.

“We want to send the message out: be respectful, be understanding,” Linford said on Friday morning.

Assistant Commissioner Brian Connors said sufficient officers would be in attendance and ready to take action against anyone who threatened community safety or incited violence.

Watch police answer questions about the gathering in the press conference posted at top.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged after a teenager was stabbed in a Brisbane park in front of fellow high school students.

Paramedics responded to a call after 4pm on Thursday and found a 16-year-old boy with knife wounds to his abdomen and legs in a Kelvin Grove park.

The teenager, a student at nearby Kelvin Grove State College, is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

Police said his alleged attacker had been charged with grievous bodily harm and would appear in Brisbane Childrens Court at a later date.

The college had increased teacher patrols and was providing support to students on Friday.

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Brisbane will in 2024 see the marketing and sponsorship strategy to help finance the 2032 Games, Andrew Liveris, the president of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic organising committee told the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum in Brisbane on Thursday.

The Brisbane Games will also unveil its first National Reconciliation Plan with First Nations people and begin asking the corporate sector for financial support, Liveris said.

Andrew Liveris says the call for companies to invest in Brisbane’s reinvigoration will be sent out in 2024.Credit: Brisbane Times

“People will see these come to life in 2024, the year of the Olympics in Paris,” he said.

In a keynote speech, Liveris warned it was clear some parts of the community sees a “dislocation” from the activities of some larger companies.

Beneath a giant banner of inclusive capitalism, he called for a new partnership on environmental, social and governance issues between the public and corporate worlds.

“A new way of operating where the private and public sectors work together to define the priorities and policies that are fit for the 21st century, not for last century.”

He said he was “terribly excited” to see cricket added to the Los Angeles Games but said was still too early to add new sports to the 2032 Games.

Liveris heads to Mumbai on Sunday to present an update on Queensland to the International Olympic Committee.