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Laura started as a community journalist for the Nambour Weekly and the Coolum and North Shore News in November 2019. Laura enjoys sharing the stories of everyday people, especially those who can’t do so for themselves. She also focuses on court reporting.

Laura Pettigrew

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Police & Courts

Illegal Sunshine Coast brothels exposed.

Exposed: Illegal brothels shut down on the Sunshine Coast

Dodgy massage parlours and sleazy motels are just a handful of illegal brothels that have been busted by Sunshine Coast detectives. See the list:

Police & Courts

Fishing captain’s brazen burnouts put restaurant goers in danger

Restaurant goers frantically called triple-0 and moved to avoid a Mooloolaba fisherman’s brazen burnouts near Sunshine Coast restaurants.

Police & Courts

ATM theft gang busted as $200k crime ring learns its fate

An “organised crime enterprise” that stole more than $200,000 in cash from Sunshine Coast ATMs has been busted after the final group members were sentenced.

Police & Courts

Faces behind Sunshine Coast’s latest child abuse material charges

Four Sunshine Coast residents have been charged by local detectives and federal police over the past month for the alleged possession of child abuse and exploitation material.

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Revealed: Grant Kenny put in chokehold in alleged assault

New details have emerged of an alleged assault where a Sunshine Coast man is accused of putting ironman legend Grant Kenny in a chokehold.

Police & Courts

Man charged with fresh string of child abuse material charges

A 38-year-old Sunshine Coast man hoped to have his reporting obligations reduced after being charged with a string of new charges after he allegedly groomed a child under 16.

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SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - Casey Brown, 20, pleaded guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on October 11 to assaulting police and public nuisance.

Drunk beauty’s tears in court after cop spitting sentence

A Sunshine Coast beauty has cried in court after she was sentenced for “forcibly spitting” on a police officer at a popular bar.

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‘Truest friend’: Tributes for second victim of horror Buderim crash

A 19-year-old Narangba man has been remembered for his love for life after he and a 21-year-old Buderim man died in a devastating car crash on the Sunshine Coast.

Police & Courts

Ironman Grant Kenny injured in alleged Coast assault

A Sunshine Coast man has been released on bail after he allegedly assaulted Queensland Ironman legend Grant Kenny. The court heard the man’s solicitor had been given footage from police.

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Scott Andrew Patterson outside Maroochydore Magistrates Court.

Alleged child abuse material holder’s bail changed to suit work

Retail worker charged with possessing child abuse material has run from cameras after having his bail conditions changed to suit his work schedule.

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