A former child safety executive has slammed the response to the youth crime problem for its lack of cultural perspective and is calling for a public inquiry into the issues.
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Emergency services were called to a woman’s property after she woke to find a maxi taxi alight in the early hours of the morning.
A top cop has admitted Far North police have struggled with a wave of stolen cars in the past week, as a youth justice taskforce ramps up with good news for one crime-weary town.
The trial date for former Goodstart Early Learning Edmonton employee Dionne Batrice Grills has been set and witness from custody has been requested.
A social worker who said she was forced illicit drugs in her sleep, forming an addiction which eventually led to her becoming a drug trafficker, has been sentenced
A 45-year-old Babinda man who kidnapped, assaulted his victim with two others and threatened to put him in a car and set him on fire has pleaded guilty.
A drug and alcohol support worker turned Cairns drug trafficker, who threatened her customers, will find out her fate after pleading guilty.
Another man has died in a single-vehicle crash north of Cairns during a horrific day of incidents on Far Northern roads.
An upcoming singer-songwriter from Cooktown has given some tips on how to break into the music industry but has warned it’s hard work.
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