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Shayla Bulloch is a crime and police reporter at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. She has previously worked as a journalist across regional Queensland, including in Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast and Townsville. Shayla’s work was also recognised by a Queensland Clarion Award in 2022.

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Police & Courts

17 JULY SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 2025, Exclusive pictures of paedophile Ioesefo Lui being extradited out of Sydney to Townsville by Australian Police and AFP.

12-year-old gives birth after allegedly being raped by Qld man

A Queensland man appeared to smile as he was extradited from Sydney after being charged with raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl.

QLD Politics

Millionaire’s alleged teenage killers known to authorities

Two teenagers charged with murdering a Queensland millionaire in a violent break-in have lengthy criminal histories which include recent burglaries, it can be revealed.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

Generic photo of an empty table at a daycare centre / childcare centre. Picture: iStock

‘Sickening, horrific’: Childcare worker charged with indecent treatment

A worker at a South East Queensland childcare centre has been charged with the indecent treatment of a young child at the facility.

QLD News

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JULY 14, 2025: CBA executive Christopher James McCann, leaves the Brisbane Watch house after being granted bail , McCann is alleged to have used an 18-year-old sex worker, Shauntelle Went, to procur a teenage girl on his behalf for sex while he was visiting Brisbane from Sydney on May 15.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Banker accused of procuring children for sex found dead

A Sydney bank executive who procured underage children for sex at a Brisbane hotel room has died.

Police & Courts

Three men charged over important of $500m worth of meth into Brisbane.

Traffic controller one of three charged over $500m Brisbane meth bust

A trio of alleged drug smugglers have been arrested after trying to import more $500 million worth of meth into Brisbane hidden in rolls of fabric, with one of the accused refused bail.

Police & Courts

Shock Child Safety link to girl allegedly procured for sex with bank exec

A 15-year-old girl allegedly procured by a Brisbane sex worker for a high-flying bank executive was in the care of the child safety system, it has been revealed.

Police & Courts

Alleged Mongols bikie Mark Andrew Hill, 41, has been charged after raid on his Victoria Point home.

Named: Alleged bikie linked to new Mongols chapter charged over drugs, weapons

A man charged over a staggering suburban stash of drugs and weapons has been revealed as an alleged member of Brisbane’s newest chapter of the Mongols bikie gang.

QLD News

Shandee Blackburn's mother says character reference rules should be broadened.

Shandee’s mum calls for huge change to murder trials

The mother of a Queensland woman stabbed to death while walking home from work says incoming law changes for rapists during sentencing should be extended to those charged with murder or manslaughter.

Police & Courts

Two French women have appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged for their alleged, roles in a failed plot to import 32kg of methamphetamine into Australia., Australian Border Force (ABF) officers stopped the pair, aged 19 and 20, on Tuesday (8 July, 2025), afternoon after they arrived at Brisbane International Airport on a flight from Southeast Asia.

$29m airport bust: Two charged over second mega-meth find in one week

Two young French women have been charged over allegedly bringing $29 million worth of meth into Brisbane, just days after another group of young women were caught with 30kg of cocaine.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

Ch7 still of Commonwealth Bank employee Christopher James McCann, 50, who was extradited to Queensland on Thursday night after New South Wales Police arrested him at Sydney Airport. , , Police will allege McCann used Brisbane sex worker, Shauntelle Went, 18, to procure a teenage girl on his behalf while hewas visiting the city from Sydney on May 15.

Support for sex worker who allegedly procured child for bank executive

A teen sex worker charged with procuring a girl aged under 16, allegedly for sex with a bank executive at a Brisbane hotel room, has had supporters attend her court case.

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