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Brendan O’Malley has been a journalist with The Courier-Mail and Quest Newspapers for 30 years, covering Council, state politics, the environment, science and the far north Qld bureau. He currently covers courts and local issues in Brisbane’s inner-west, southwest, inner south and inner north suburbs.

Brendan O'Malley

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Courtney Jade Mueller leaves Holland Park Magistrates Court with her baby.

‘I’ve got a baby and she’s in court’: Drug mum’s bail plea

A lawyer argued a young mum should be bailed on serious drugs charges because she had a three-month-old baby.

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Christopher Lloyd Norman Whitfield faced Holland Park Magistrates Court on several charges including breaching COVID-19 restrictions.

Virus ban rule breaker took drugs into remote community

A man illegally entered a remote Aboriginal town during lockdown telling police he was attending a funeral. But then cops made a damning discovery.

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Reneanne Amelia Gale is facing charges of possessing a knife, wilful damage and failing to comply with a COVID-19 public health direction.

Retiree in court over bizarre COVID-19 protest

A Brisbane retiree, who has vowed to protest every day against “foolish” COVID-19 laws, now faces a maximum of five years in jail after her alleged actions in a city park resulted in charges of wilful damage and possessing a knife.

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QUT vice-chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil. Picture: Supplied

QUT staff squeezed to help fill $100m COVID-19 hole

QUT has put a moratorium on forced redundancies, but staff pay rises will be on hold until Christmas next year as the university fights to fill a $100m budget hole.

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Eight of our worst drivers taken off the roads

From obstructing police to speeding, drug driving and ignoring police, these are some of sentences handed down this morning in Holland Park Magistrates Court.

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Professional woman hairdresser making hairstyle using hair dryer for young female in beauty salon. For: Where, why and when in 2020. Credit: Istock

Southside hairdresser blames thefts on virus

An unemployed hairdresser has blamed COVID-19 for turning to crime, but a magistrate did not buy her excuse.

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Shot of dried marijuana and a rolled joint. Cannabis clipseal bag generic image. Picture: iStock

Why truckie threatened to punch cop ‘in the f***ing chops’

A man threatened to punch a police officer in the face, then begged to keep his licence. Here’s why.

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Head of Optus 5G Harvey Wright. Picture: Supplied

Optus 5G comes to Toowong

Optus head of 5G Harvey Wright has announced the service has been turned on in Toowong.

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Red-light camera at intersection of Cheltenham and Springvale roads in Keysborough, Victoria, Australia has pinged more than 22,000 people since 2011. Biggest suburban red-light money grabber. Almost all of them north on Springvale Rd and turning right into Cheltenham Rd. Picture : Andrew Batsch

Where you’ll get caught by obscure red light rule

An obscure red arrow road rule continues to trip up motorists, landing them big fines. This is where some people are being caught.

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Teaching your children to driver. Learner driver. iStock image. For Kids News and Hibernation

Driving tests back: What to do before turning up

Queensland’s learner drivers can now book tests again. Here’s what you need to do before rocking up at the testing centre.

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