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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

Anna makes announcement on travel

The Queensland Premier has made a big call on international travel after her Victorian counterpart copped criticism for his stance.

QLD Courts & Law

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - FEBRUARY 7, 2022.Kenneth (Ken) Little, one of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclubÃs former owners, leaves the Magistrates Court in Brisbane. Mr Little gave evidence in the inquest into the deaths of 15 people who perished in the deadly firebombing of the club in 1973. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Nightclub fire not insurance job: owner

The former owner of a Brisbane nightclub where 15 people died in a firebombing denies suggestions of arranging the blaze to collect insurance.

QLD Courts & Law

Teen slain in ‘thuggish, cowardly’ attack

Horrifying details of a “thuggish, cowardly” attack on an Ex-Hells Angels bikie’s younger brother on the Gold Coast have been aired in court.

NSW & ACT

Missing woman Marion Barter Picture: Supplied

Secret lover revealed in missing teacher case

A teacher mysteriously disappeared. Now shock details have emerged surrounding how she vanished.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Sally Leydon with her mother Marion Barter who went missing 22 years ago.

Secret lover planned ‘new life’: inquest

The ex-girlfriend of the secret lover of Marion Barter – who disappeared 25 years ago – has taken the stand at a coronial inquest.

NSW & ACT

Missing woman Marion Barter and her daughter Sally Leydon. Picture: Supplied

Secret lover twist in missing mum’s inquest

An inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of schoolteacher Marion Barter has been told details about her purported secret lover.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

OCTOBER 14, 2021: Ron Brierley pictured leaving his Point Piper mansion on his way to be sentenced on child porn charges. The 83-year-old millionaire businessman confessed to possession of child abuse material.Picture: Damian Shaw

Disgraced rich lister’s bid for freedom

A court has reached a decision in the appeal of disgraced businessman Ron Brierley, who was last year jailed for possessing child abuse material.

QLD Courts & Law

Exterior pictures of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub taken by Police at the time of the fire where 15 people lost their lives, these pictures are from the Inquest into the Whiskey Au Go Go fire

‘Ratbags’ claim at firebombing inquest

An inquest into the deaths of 15 people from a fatal nightclub firebombing has been told of shock claims of ‘ratbags’ wanting money from the venue at the time it was attacked.

QLD Courts & Law

Interior pictures of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub taken by Police at the time of the fire where 15 people lost their lives, these pictures are from the Inquest into the Whiskey Au Go Go fire

Firebombing was ‘police-backed’: inquest

Explosive allegations of police involvement in the firebombing of a Brisbane nightclub that killed 15 people have been aired at a coronial inquest.

QLD

Dramatic turn in historic inquest

An inquest into the firebombing of a nightclub which killed 15 people has taken a dramatic turn at Brisbane Coroners Court.

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