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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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VIC

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 25, 2021: Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton provides a coronavirus update at DHS Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Victoria records one new Covid case

Victoria has recorded one new case of Covid-19 as strict health restrictions ease after the state’s snap lockdown.

UPDATEDQLD

openwindow RB226484 Cnst Dave Masters froM Redcliffe Police.

Cop killed pulling over stolen car

Police have confirmed the identity of an officer killed trying to stop a suspected stolen car north of Brisbane on Saturday morning.

UPDATEDNSW & ACT

24 JUNE 2021 SYDNEY AU WWW.MATRIXNEWS.COM.AU NON EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Joh Bailey Hairdessing Salon at Double Bay gets a COVID19 deep clean on Thursday afternoon after being reported as a high exposure site.

Covid hot spots explode across Sydney

NSW’s number of exposure sites has exploded, with a popular Sydney food wholesaler among the latest infection hot spots to be added to the growing list.

QLD

Woman’s chilling threat to cops: court

A nurse charged with trying to murder a Gold Coast man because she believed he had raped someone she knew allegedly made a chilling threat to police.

QLD Courts & Law

New Ipswich District Court Judge: After nine years in the role, Ipswich District Court Judge Greg Koppenol will move to Brisbane Court.He will be replaced by Judge Dennis Lynch QC. In court on Tuesday, Judge Koppenol was recognised for his "brisk and vigorous approach" to the role.

More charged in alleged torture ordeal

Two more people have been charged after a Queensland woman was allegedly tied up and tortured by a group of people earlier this month.

QLD

Australian money background showing $100, $50 and $20 notes with a shallow depth of field.

Staggering sum in tradie’s account

A Supreme Court has heard of the astounding finances of a Brisbane carpenter charged in Australia’s largest-ever drug bust.

QLD Courts & Law

October 30, 2015: Tiahleigh Alyssa Rose Palmer (12). Her foster father has been charged with murder and her foster mother and two foster brothers have been arrested.

Horror final moments of Tiahleigh’s life

Tiahleigh Palmer was just 12 when she was killed by her foster father, who, six years later, has finally revealed the young girl’s final moments.

QLD

Tiahleigh killed ‘deliberately’: court

A coroner has handed down her findings into the heinous death of murdered schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer after an explosive inquest.

QLD Courts & Law

FILE PIC - Ground floor entrance to the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Amelia Street Fortitude Valley where two 4 gallon drums of super petrol were placed to set fire to the premises 08 Mar 1973 35/C/805-1 - arson crime qld fires murder discos nightclubs

Cryptic warning before deadly firebombing

An inquest into the historic firebombing of a Brisbane nightclub has been told one of the men convicted issued a cryptic warning before the attack.

QLD Courts & Law

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - APRIL 29, 2021. Whiskey Au Go Go fire survivor Donna Phillips leaves the Coroner's Court in Brisbane. The court is conducting a two day pre-inquest hearing into the 1973 firebombing of the nightclub, which killed 15 people. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

‘Wall of heat’: Inside fatal nightclub fire

Survivors of a 1973 Brisbane nightclub firebombing have relived their shocking experiences as an explosive claim was aired at an inquest.

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