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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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Douglas Melville, aged 13, was last seen leaving a home on Bolwarra Avenue, West Pymble, about 1pm on Wednesday 7 April 2021.

Fears for missing 13-year-old boy

Concerns are held for a missing 13-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since leaving a home earlier this week in NSW.

Environment

Two tropical cyclones have formed off the coast of WA.

’Prepare’: Warning as cyclone due to hit

Residents are being urged to prepare for intense winds, rain and possible flash flooding caused by a unique cyclone event that’s due to make landfall.

Manufacturing

Volkswagen’s huge penalty for breach

Volkswagen will have to pay an eye-watering penalty after it misled consumers about its vehicles in a major scandal.

UPDATEDRoyals

Messages from Prime Minister and his wife in a book of condolence at Government House in Sydney to pay his respects to HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, who died in the UK last night (Australia time). (Pictures by Julian Andrews).

PM’s written condolence for Prince Philip

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has written a touching message to Queen Elizabeth II after news of Prince Philip’s death.

QLD

Police made the shocking discovery of $3 million during a vehicle stop on the Gold Coast on Thursday.

Shock find hidden on car’s back seat

What was hidden inside three ordinary-looking bags in the back seat of a car gave police in Queensland a massive surprise.

QLD Courts & Law

Kierin Charles Pitcher will be sentenced for a raft of charges in Brisbane Magistrates Court.

How COVID-19 sparked man’s life of crime

A court has heard how a law-abiding citizen spiralled into a life of shocking crime in Queensland due to the coronavirus pandemic.

QLD Courts & Law

(ID TO BE CONFIRMED) A person of interest being brought into the Brisbane City Watch House. Related to the death of Hugo Benscher, 89, was found bound and gagged with head injuries in his Paradise Point home on June 21, 1992, Brisbane City, Tuesday 25th February 2020 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Shock claim about brutal murder

A claim has been made in court about the alleged murder of a Queensland businessman whose body was found bound and gagged.

QLD Courts & Law

Joshua Mark Cowan (pictured) has been jailed for running a sophisticated Queensland meth ring in 2018.

Kingpin’s shock move to rake in debts

The shocking tactics the head of a Queensland drug syndicate used to rake in his debts have been revealed to a Brisbane court.

QLD

Police officers patrol the Valley Mall in Brisbane on March 29, 2021 as more than two million people in the city entered a three-day lockdown after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia's third-biggest city. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP)

Urgent virus alert for gyms, Woolworths

Queensland Health has revealed the full list of venues visited by the missing link in Brisbane’s latest COVID cluster.

UpdatedHealth Problems

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 12, 2020 : Box Hill hospital in MelbourneÃs south east, is the scene of a recent outbreak of COVID-19. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

New warning after vax blood clot case

Vaccine experts have issued a warning after a 44-year-old man was taken to hospital with a rare blood clot disorder days after getting his jab.

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