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Blake Antrobus covers Queensland courts and crime for NCA NewsWire. He began his career in journalism in 2015, migrating from Sydney’s northern beaches to southwest Queensland. He has covered politics, crime, education and general news for newspapers across the state.

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QLD Courts & Law

A Tallai man threw his flatmate’s service dog into a wall in a flash of anger which killed the canine and left blood splattered across the Surfers Paradise apartment.Liam Brandon Maxwell killed the four-year-old Maltese cross Oliver while the dog’s owner was out of their apartment on February 8 last year. The court was told a necropsy by the RSPCA had found Oliver had “experienced extreme emotional distress and fear as he had been traumatised” in the led up to his death. Maxwell, 24, pleaded guilty in the Southport District Court on Thursday to serious animal cruelty.Photo: Supplied

Senseless reason for dog killer’s act

A man who brutally killed a service dog by throwing it against a wall in a flash of anger has learned his fate before a Brisbane court.

QLD Courts & Law

Twitter user’s excuse for vile online acts

A man claimed he had a “lapse of judgment” when he downloaded and shared a trove of child sexual abuse material, some of which depicted one-year-olds engaged in disgusting acts.

UPDATEDVIC Politics

Statewide row over vape sales to kids

Australia’s health minister urged state leaders to tackle illicit sales of vapes to kids as experts warn of a “public health crisis”.

Retail

Urgent health warning over child’s product

An urgent health warning has been issued for a popular child’s product sold at Adairs after some parents reported a potential danger.

Health Problems

(FILES) This file handout photo provided to AFP on November 16, 2021 courtesy of Pfizer shows the making of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid, inside his laboratory in Freiburg, Germany. - Pfizer said on December 14, 2021, that clinical trials confirmed its anti-Covid pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths among at-risk people by almost 90 percent when it was taken in the first few days after symptoms appear.

Big change for life-saving Covid drug

This medicine dramatically reduces the chances of becoming seriously ill from Covid-19 – even days after developing symptoms.

UPDATEDVIC

‘Absolute tragedy’: Cop killed in horror crash

The identity of a senior police officer killed in an “absolutely heartbreaking” head-on crash has been revealed.

On the Road

Some drivers still don't get the message.

Man’s eye-watering fine for ‘ritual’

A Brisbane man has revealed how he racked up eye-watering fines over a simple “ritual” he performed while driving.

Paralympics

Silver medalist Emily Tapp of Australia during the medal ceremony for the women's PTWC Final on day three of the the XXI Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, Saturday, April 7, 2018. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Aussie’s $6.75m payout after catastrophic injury

A Paralympian has won a huge payout after she suffered a serious spinal injury during a campdrafting competition more than a decade ago.

Paralympics

Paralympian’s huge historical payout

A Paralympian has won a huge payout after she suffered a serious spinal injury during a campdrafting competition more than a decade ago.

Parenting

A leading medical professional has said Australia should join other counties in banning the smacking of children.PHOTO: Nat Bromhead / Daily Mercury

Smacking kids ‘not the end of the world’

A leading shrink says smacking kids is “OK” in certain circumstances following controversial comments by an NRL bad boy.

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