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Police wanding data reveals the south-east Queensland shops and transport hubs where most weapons are found.

Revealed: The hotspots where people in the crowd are hiding weapons

The locations of Queensland Police’s metal detection scans can be revealed for the first time.

  • Cloe Read

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An armed man has been shot dead by police after an incident in Townsville, Queensland.

Premier extends support for police, public after armed man shot dead

Police said the man had been armed with a machete and knife while moving towards them, at Townsville’s The Strand on Saturday morning.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Melissa Meehan
Some of the nine ducklings now safe and sound in a Woolies bag.

Brisbane police quack case of missing ducklings

Forget Paw Patrol, two Fortitude Valley police officers were on Poultry Patrol this week when they plucked some waddling wildlife from a sticky situation.

  • Fraser Barton
Zdravko Bilic with wife and HÜD Skin + Body founder Gry Susann Tomte.

Teens charged with Sunshine Coast murder after police tracked phones

Police tracked two teenage boys, aged 15 and 17, from the Sunshine Coast to northern Brisbane and Toowoomba, arresting one as he stepped off a bus.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt, Felicity Caldwell and William Davis
Milestones Early Learning Centre in Tingalpa, in Brisbane’s south-east.

‘Pretty appalling’: Fury as parents learn of childcare abuse claims through media

“I don’t know how I’m feeling, I don’t know what to do. They’ve got nothing to say.”

  • William Davis, Felicity Caldwell, Courtney Kruk and Matt Dennien
Milestones Early Learning Tingalpa.

Man charged over indecent treatment of child at childcare centre

The 21-year-old man, who worked at the centre in Tingalpa, has been charged with one offence of indecent treatment of a child.

  • Felicity Caldwell, Courtney Kruk, Matt Dennien and William Davis
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Christopher James McCann leaving the Brisbane Watch House on Monday. He was found dead two days later.

Sydney banker on grooming charges found dead south of Brisbane

A Sydney-based banker who was charged with grooming underage girls for sex has been found dead on the Gold Coast hinterland, two days after he was released from a Brisbane cell on bail.

  • Cameron Atfield
Police are also combatting an increase in online crime, including on Facebook Marketplace, where offenders target homes where valuable goods are being sold.

Police shift Brisbane jobs to regions in bid to help tired staff

A 100-day review recommended clearer definitions of the limits of frontline roles, after “mission creep within the organisation, particularly post-COVID”.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A baby boy was found unresponsive in a lake in Chatsworth Park in Gympie on Saturday morning.

‘Absolute tragedy’: Police offer support after baby’s campsite death

As the investigation into the boy’s death continues, the state’s acting top cop has offered support to family and staff involved.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Zdravko Bilic with wife and HÜD Skin + Body founder Gry Susann Tomte

Man stabbed at luxury home identified as police theory emerges

Police believe the 57-year-old may have been dead in the front yard for as long as 20 hours.

  • William Davis

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