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Thomas Chamberlin is the chief crime reporter at The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail. The award-winning journalist has covered crime and police in Queensland for more than a decade.

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HOLDING FOR WEEKEND PAPER USE ONLY - Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, Steve Gollschewski, Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

Challenges ahead for police after top cop’s shock cancer diagnosis

Following a shock cancer diagnosis for Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski, the state’s new head of police has promised stability as the force faces a challenging future .

Police & Courts

Footage of Indigenous communities fighting as police look on

WATCH: Qld Police watch on as Indigenous communities brawl

Footage has emerged of police watching on as fights erupt in Indigenous communities as QPS saying they’re trying to restore calm after tensions between local families in Far North Queensland.

Police & Courts

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - FEBRUARY 21, 2025: Queensland Police generic photos in the Brisbane CBD.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Cops allegedly stabbed with syringe in watchhouse assault

Two police officers have allegedly been stabbed with a syringe at a South East Queensland watchhouse, with the police union slamming corrective services as the accused prisoner wasn’t meant to be there.

Police & Courts

An “interim closure” sign was posted to the front door of the Burleigh Tobacconist premises in James St at Burleigh Heads this week.

Tobacconist ordered to shut in Qld Health crackdown

Queensland Health has shutdown a Gold Coast smoke shop as part of a new crackdown on illegal tobacco and vapes.

Police & Courts

Boy showing STOP gesture with his hand. Concept of domestic violence and child abuse. Copy space

Union’s DV plan a risk to victims: Expert

Queensland’s Victims’ Commissioner has heavily criticised the police union’s domestic violence reform proposal as a “step backwards” which will put victim-survivors at risk.

Police & Courts

The mental health of Mohamad Ikraam Bahram will be studied in a coronial inquest later this year. Picture: Social media

Police made the right call by fatally shooting frenzied stabber: coroner

Police officers acted reasonably when they fatally shot a man with schizophrenia after he stabbed a British tourist in Brisbane’s CBD, a coroner has found.

VIDEOCairns

Watch the arrest: Depraved teen trio in vile knifepoint rape

Police have released dramatic footage of the arrest of a teenager wanted after a woman was allegedly raped at knifepoint in a sickening home invasion in Cairns.

Police & Courts

Building works on the new police hub at Stones Corner. Picture: Liam Kidston

Taxpayers slugged $16k a day for empty police building

A controversial $240m lease deal that the Queensland Police Service signed on an empty Stones Corner building is costing taxpayers up to $16,000 a day.

Police & Courts

Mystery surrounds the Brisbane woman's death

Shockwaves as bombshell finding in mystery Brisbane wheelie bin death revealed

The death of Brisbane woman picked up while inside a wheelie bin outside her home remains a mystery after a coroner ruled her death as being “undetermined”.

Emergency Services

Fire crews on the scene of the rubbish fire.

Emergency services rush to Brisbane rubbish fire

Four fire crews have been called to attend after thick smoke began billowing near an office building in Bowen Hills on Wednesday afternoon.

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