Crime in Focus‘Follow my voice, the open door is here’. Backpackers held their breath as they pushed through thick black smoke as flames jumped from rooms around them. Now 20 years on, they relive the horror of that night, their desperate fight for life and their encounters with the man who tried to kill them all.
Crime in FocusChilders Backpackers murderer Robert Paul Long stands over geriatric prisoners in jail and abuses his job as a carer. Inside prison, inmates describe him as an ‘absolute grub’, a loner and a ‘snaky little bastard’. WHAT HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS LOOKS LIKE >>
NewsFrom Sydney to Paris, protests are appearing around the world in outrage over George Floyd’s death. See the amazing photos.
Police & CourtsMore people have died on Queensland roads in the first five months of 2020 than in the same period in 2019. None of them were numbers, they were mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. These are some of their stories.
HibernationTones and I, Hilltop Hoods and indie folk pop rising star Kian have been listed alongside some of Australia’s best artists, including Guy Sebastian and Troy Cassar-Daley, in the nation’s first ever virtual APRA Music Awards.
HibernationLockdowns across the nation may be easing, but we’re not out of the woods yet. Take some time out and get ready to LOL at the best memes going around.
Police & CourtsA police brief has pieced together the tumultuous final hours of a Brisbane schoolteacher, from bizarre in-flight behaviour to his alleged detention at a farmhouse and ultimate fate on a lonely highway in the dead of night.
Lifestyle“As I sit to write this heartfelt letter to you, in celebration of Mother’s Day, tears slide down my cheeks.” Queenslanders have paid tribute to their mums on Mother’s Day. SEE IF YOUR LETTER TO MUM WAS PUBLISHED
QLD NewsLibby Coman came from a “good” family and never expected to suffer domestic violence, or be charged with the manslaughter of her abuser. Now acquitted, she shares her story exclusively with Kylie Lang.
Police & CourtsIt was the most haunting unsolved case – the Wolf-Creek style slaying of three friends in the Queensland outback. Now revisit our popular true crime podcast – Spear Creek – which explored the final days of Timothy Thomson, Karen Edwards and Gordon Twaddle.
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