LifestyleNearly 600 people – including Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – turned out for a Hannah Clarke fundraiser last night with proceeds finishing a $6m townhouse complex for DV victims.
Police & CourtsThe deputy state coroner questioned every police officer who testified at the Hannah Clarke inquest, and what she found was disturbing.
Police & CourtsA frustrated Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers has called for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to take domestic violence seriously and immediately fund a specialised police station trial.
Crime in FocusHannah Clarke’s estranged husband was so clinical and calculating in his murderous act that even the coroner leading the inquest into Hannah’s death was shocked to discover just how far-reaching and convincing his manipulations were.
Crime in FocusPolice missed crucial opportunities to hold Rowan Baxter to account before he went on to kill his ex-wife and children.
Police & CourtsRowan Baxter was unstoppable in ‘executing murderous plans’ that ended with the death of Hannah Clarke and his three young children, a coroner has found, before recommending an urgent upgrade in domestic violence training for some police.
QLD PoliticsA law that isn’t “used at all very often” in domestic violence cases is set to be strengthened when it comes before State Cabinet.
Police & CourtsThe macabre shopping list of Hannah Clarke’s killer suggests he might have had a more elaborate plan in mind. Did she derail it with her courageous fightback?