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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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Alexander Clive Webb, 40, has been charged with the domestic violence murder of his mum, Cecilia Webb, 79, at The Gap.

Pictured: The man charged with stabbing his mum to death

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a man accused of stabbing his mother to death was arrested by police at the Brisbane International Airport. WATCH THE VIDEO

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A body was discovered at Kedron Brook bikeway early on Monday morning. Pics Adam Head

‘Fly high momma K’: Tributes as police reveal shock theory over Kedron Brook body

Police have revealed more information about the death of a woman whose body was found on a busy Brisbane bikeway early on Monday, as tributes are left at the site.

QLD weather news

Windy.com rain radar of ex Cyclone Alfred off the coast of Sth East QLD.

‘The challenge is now’: 700mm deluge, flooding threat for SEQ

Meteorologists have warned heavy rain could continue into next week causing life-threatening flash flooding, with the centre of the system to the furthest cloud bands measuring 400km.

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Cyclone Alfred hits Brisbane. Picture: Clint Melton, Murrumba Downs

Back from the dead: Brisbane hammered by Cat 1 winds, planes unable to land

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has unleashed on Brisbane with Category 1 winds, causing damage and downing trees, with planes unable to land and mass power outages across the region, despite it being downgraded to a tropical low.

QLD weather news

200k without power as Alfred hits Moreton Island, makes beeline for mainland

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a Category 1 system and has hit Moreton Island as the system makes a beeline for the mainland.

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TWEED HEADS, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Onlookers evade a crashing wave on March 06, 2025 in Tweed Heads, Australia. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall in southeast Queensland and northern NSW as a Category 2 storm, marking the first time a cyclone has directly hit the region in over 50 years. The storm is forecast to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and potential storm surges, prompting authorities to urge residents to prepare for significant impacts, including flooding and power outages. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Alfred performs second pirouette during slow, destructive path towards SEQ

Tracking data released late Thursday night has delayed the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Alfred once more, with the slow-brewing monster set to unleash torrential rainfall on the southeast this evening.

Police & Courts

Police at the scene of a shooting on the Gold Coast. Pic: Nigel Hallett

Mongols associate shot dead by police after carjacking elderly woman

A gunman shot dead by police on the Gold Coast after a “violent and aggressive” carjacking incident of an elderly woman has been identified as a Mongols bikie associate.

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