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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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How unvaxxed risk venue lock out

Queensland businesses are concerned about how they will enforce restrictions against unvaccinated people after the double-dose deadline passes.

NSW & ACT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, AUGUST, 20, 2021: General view of the Supreme Court in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Terror plotter’s jail term slashed

A man convicted over a crude terror plot to kill police officers and attack NSW government buildings has had his sentence reduced.

NSW & ACT

Footage of the man being marched into a waiting vehicle after charges were laid by the AFP.

Aussie tourist accused of abusing boys

Footage has captured the moment a man was marched to a waiting police vehicle after Federal Police charged him with serious overseas child abuse offences.

VIC

The court was told Yarrun Morgan (pictured) attacked the woman after she enjoyed a night out in Mildura in 2019.

Man’s ‘brutal’ rape of UK backpacker

A man has been sentenced for the ‘brutal’ attack and rape of a UK woman as she tried to make her way home in regional Victoria.

UPDATEDNSW & ACT

***ALTERNATIVE CROP*** Dung Thi Ngo is seen in Sydney, Monday, October 22, 2018. Trial of a man and woman charged over couple's death. Dung Thi Ngo, 42, and Kevin Ly, 27, are each charged with two counts of murder after the bodies of Son Thanh Nguyen and Thi Kim Lien Do were found wrapped in bedspreads and dumped in Bankstown and West Hoxton, in April 2013 and January 2014 respectively. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) NO ARCHIVING

Duo acquitted of killing meth cook

An alleged Sydney drug ‘queenpin’ and her male associate have had their convictions for killing a meth cook and her partner quashed.

QLD Courts & Law

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 28, 2021. Gold Coast life coach Maria Carmel Pau (aka Maria Power) arrives at the Magistrates Court in Southport. Ms Pau is accused of issuing fake Covid exemption certificates to hundreds of Australians while posing as a medical doctor.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Why Gold Coast life coach is in strife

A life coach who allegedly faked being a doctor and issued fake Covid exemptions is facing charges in court.

QLD

James Fletcher was injured after being stabbed while coming to the aid of his elderly neighbour during a break-in earlier this week.

Man reveals shock moment he was stabbed

A man stabbed while coming to the aid of his neighbour during a break-in has recounted the shock moment he was wounded by his attacker.

NSW & ACT

Firefighters are on the scene of a massive industrial fire in Kurri Kurri.

Major industrial fire to burn overnight

More than 180 firies have been deployed to fight a major industrial blaze that broke out in the NSW Hunter Region but emergency services say the fire is expected to continue overnight.

NSW & ACT

IMAGES FROM NSW POLICE FACEBOOK PAGE.NSW Police are renewing an appeal for public assistance to locate a man believed to be missing near the border of NSW and South Australia., , John Standley – aged 75 – left a home in Broken Hill about 1.30pm last Tuesday (9 November 2021) and was last seen driving a white Ford utility south on Wentworth Road, heading towards Wentworth.

Mystery as man vanishes in outback

Police are desperately searching for a man who vanished between the NSW and SA border, with family holding “serious concerns”.

NSW & ACT Crime

Teen injured in train station brawl

Police are appealing for public assistance after a teenager was injured during a wild brawl at a train station in Sydney’s north west.

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