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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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UPDATEDHealth & Safety

Premier Annastasia Palaszczuk holds a Covid press conference with Health Minister Yvette D'Ath (pictured) at 1 William Street in Brisbane. Pics Adam Head

Omicron nightclub outbreak spreads to Qld

Queensland is on edge after a positive case visited a nightclub where the Omicron variant spread interstate and exposure sites are announced.

At Work

Premier Annastasia Palaszczuk holds a Covid press conference with Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll (pictured) at 1 William Street in Brisbane. Pics Adam Head

How some cops could avoid Covid jab

A group of Queensland police officers and health workers fighting their employers’ vaccine mandates have scored a legal win in court.

QLD Courts & Law

A 58-year-old Gympie region mother rolled her car while driving under the influence.

Shock act as woman languished on road

The ‘horrific’ injuries a woman suffered after being dragged by a man’s car for several metres have been revealed to a Queensland court.

QLD

Brendan John Jones leaves Brisbane Arrests Court after pleading guilty to public nuisance. The court was told he flew a Nazi flag from an apartment window to 'disrupt' climate protesters.

‘Bizarre’ reason man flew Nazi flag

The ‘bizarre’ reason a man flew a Nazi flag from a window above a Brisbane synagogue has been revealed to a Queensland court.

QLD Courts & Law

Former Department of Public Prosecutions boss Roger Griffith leaving Cairns Court after day two of his committal hearing for drug trafficking in the Cairns Magistrates Court. PICTURE: STEWART MCLEAN

Legal eagle’s shocking fall from grace

A former top legal eagle who was once the boss of the Cairns public prosecutions office has been jailed for his role as a senior figure in a drug syndicate.

QLD

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 22, 2021: Peter Foster leaves the Downing Centre Court in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Alleged conman lands back in court

Alleged conman Peter Foster has landed back in a Queensland court after spending more than six months on the run in Victoria.

Military

HMAS Brisbane, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Makinami, Republic of Korea Navy destroyer ROKS Wang Geon, and United States Navy destroyer USS Rafael Peralta sail through the East Australian Exercise Area during Exercise PACIFIC VANGUARD. *** Local Caption *** Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Brisbane is training alongside warships from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States in the Eastern Australia Exercise Area as part of Exercise Pacific Vanguard. Sailing in company with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Makinami, the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer ROKS Wang Geon, and United States Navy destroyer USS Rafael Peralta, Brisbane is conducting maritime manoeuvres, high-end warfighting and ship-to-ship communications activities. Exercise PACIFIC VANGUARD is a quadrilateral exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability with like-minded partners in the region. This is the fourth time the exercise has been held and the first time in its history that it is taking place in Australian waters.

Navy recruit reveals shock sex assault

A serving member of the Australian navy reserve has given shocking evidence at a royal commission of how she was sexually assaulted as a recruit.

UPDATEDQLD Crime

Facebook image of Richard Zoltan Babos, 29, from Inala who allegedly stabbed a police officer at Inala Civic Centre.

Cop stabber believed officer was ‘demon’

A man stabbed a police officer in the neck with scissors, believing the cop was a ‘demon’ or a ‘vampire’, a court has been told.

QLD

BRISBANE AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 8, 2021: Tracy Ann Thomson (green dress) leaves Brisbane Supreme Court after being convicted for being an accessory to manslaughter. She was released on parole. NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

Ex-lover’s act to hide body-in-a-barrel killer

The former lover of body-in-a-barrel murderer Zlatko Sikorsky helped aid and hide him during a statewide manhunt, a court has been told.

QLD

Willow Dunn is the 4 year old girl who died at Cannon Hill and her father Mark Dunn has been charged with murder Picture Facebook

Doctor reveals girl’s horror injuries

The father and stepmother of Brisbane girl Willow Dunn will stand trial charged with the four-year-old’s murder.

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