Public servant jailed for $15K Jobseeker, Newstart fraud
A Department of Services worker has been sentenced after fraudulently taking more than $15,000 in Jobseeker and Newstart payments during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Logan woman’s $9k TK Maxx, Bunnings shoplifting rampage
A Logan woman stole nearly $9000 in cosmetics, baby products, clothes, homewares and more in a shopping lifting rampage. Here’s what she took and what sentence she got.
Drugged-up concreter busted driving while barely conscious
A Gold Coast concreter who faced court on eight charges was lapsing in and out of consciousness when police found him at a busy service station.
Valley club manager cops punch in the face from patron
A Logan man’s night turned sour after he was charged for punching a club manager in the face. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED
‘Completely disappeared’: Massive sinkhole swallows busy street
Quick thinking commuters had to divert traffic to save drivers and bicycle riders from plunging into a sinkhole which opened up in a busy road north of Brisbane.
From high school achiever to jail sentence: Mum‘s downward spiral revealed
A once successful high school student has been jailed after facing a list of 12 charges.
Dad disqualified from driving four times busted without car seat for son
An unlicensed Logan dad caught driving while his young son was not in a car seat has been given a jail sentence.
Law student sets kitchen alight after partner’s infidelity
A Logan law student has faced court after setting his partner’s kitchen on fire after learning of her infidelity.
‘Where are all the people?’ Bayside ghost town flooded with for lease signs
Dead, rundown, dirty; these are just a few words locals have used to describe a key bayside street, once bustling but now littered with for lease signs.
Woman’s trick to con Woolies clerk into giving her $500
A Moreton Bay region woman has faced court after tricking a supermarket clerk into giving her hundreds of dollars in cash.
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