Ex-teacher hit with 32 new child sex charges
A former Brisbane teacher has been charged with additional historical child sexual offences after new complainants came forward, bringing the total number of charges against him to 81.
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Crunching the numbers: How Premier’s free lunch stacks up
We’ve crunched the numbers on Labor’s $1.4bn free school lunch election pledge to see if the Premier’s $8-a-meal mock menu holds up under Queensland’s current supermarket prices.
Council boss allegedly ‘pressured’ staff to shoot cats and dogs
A regional Queensland council manager has been accused of “pressuring” staff to classify cats and dogs as feral and shoot them instead of impounding them.
Gun used in Logan gym shooting found at popular theme park
A rifle used to shoot a man during a “drug deal gone wrong” outside a Logan gym was located just over a week later at a Gold Coast theme park, a court has heard.
Disgraced lawyer claims ‘miscarriage of justice’ over 10yr fraud sentence
Disgraced lawyer Michael Bosscher has claimed there were several miscarriages of justice throughout his fraud trial.
Decorated Olympian’s shock guilty plea over cocaine smuggling plot
A Queensland Olympic silver medallist has entered a shock guilty plea over his role in a commercial cocaine smuggling plot, for which he had previously seen a 25-year jail sentence and guilty verdict overturned.
Would-be cocaine importer jailed after decade on the run
A man who fled the state for over a decade – abandoning his fiancee just months before their wedding – has been jailed for his role in an attempt to import over 1kg of cocaine.
Olympian’s brother pleads guilty to role in cocaine smuggling plot
The brother of an Olympic medallist has pleaded guilty to attempting to import commercial quantities of cocaine into Australia – after successfully overturning his conviction for the exact same charge.
Jail threat for man who fronted Facebook HiLux scam
A man who was the public face of a syndicate that bought and resold cars with odometers wound back by up to 300,000km while he was on bail for similar offences has been sentenced.
Jail for killer mum who ‘chose drugs’ over baby boy
An Ipswich mother who “chose to nourish her drug habit over her infant” had only had the boy returned to her care days before he died of severe dehydration and malnourishment.
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