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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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A single vehicle tra ffic crash at a school in Durack where a 2-year-old boy has been struck and killed by a vehicle. Picture: Patrick Woods.

‘We need to be together’: Community rallies after car park tragedy

Flowers, heartfelt notes and toys have surrounded Durack State School after the tragic death of a two-year-old boy.

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Generic image of Police flashing lights. Source: NewsCorp

‘Death in police operations’: Man killed in house moving horror

A man has died and two other men have been injured after a horror crash involving a wide load transport of a house which was under police escort at the time. LATEST

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Queensland police car generic. Photo: QPS.

Broken ribs, spat on: Officers allegedly bashed by teens in brazen attack

Three police officers have been seriously assaulted by a group of juveniles after a shoplifting incident escalated into wild violence.

Police & Courts

Distracted teen driver’s community service for crash that killed unborn baby

A teenage driver who was looking at her passenger’s phone when she crashed into a pregnant woman’s car, killing her unborn child, is the first to be sentenced under new Sophie’s Law legislation.

QLD Politics

LNP’s law-and-order blitz to trigger prison capacity time bomb

Despite a new jail opening in South East Queensland within months, the LNP’s get-tough approach to crime will deepen the state’s prison crisis.

Police & Courts

Dave Masters Tribute Edition , Police Journal, The 53-year-old Senior Constable from Deception Bay was killed in an alleged hit-and-run on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane in the early hours of June 26, while he was laying road spikes to stop a stolen car

Stunning admission over cop killed trying to stop stolen car

The Queensland Police Service has made a stunning admission over the death of a senior police officer killed in the line of duty while trying to stop a stolen car.

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Watch: CBD drama as man caught with huge knife at Brisbane bus station

Police have arrested a man who triggered concern in Brisbane’s CBD after he was spotted carrying a whopping 30cm hunting knife.

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Emergency Services: PolicePhoto Bev Lacey / The Chronicle

Two charged after police officer hit by allegedly stolen vehicle

Police have charged two people following an alleged hit and run traffic crash that injured a police officer. LATEST

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The mother of Broncos player Payne Haas, Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, 46, was transported to the watch house from Gold Coast University Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Source: 9 News.

‘The inmates call her mum’: Haas mum’s jail powerplay

The mother of NRL superstar Payne Haas is on notice for her bad behaviour behind bars, refusing to play by the rules or respect prison guards.

QLD News

Geologist Garry Edser went missing in remote bushland outside Croydon on Sunday and was later found dead by the 510 Rescue helicopter near the Esmeralda Station homestead. Picture: Supplied

Shocked friends reveal dead gold prospector had ‘world’ exploration experience

Devastated and shocked friends have paid tribute to two experienced gold prospectors found dead after getting lost on an exploration in outback Queensland.

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