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Queensland Police
Police knew their cost-cutting, inaction on gun control put public at risk
A previously unreleased internal report condemned the Queensland Police Service for failing to act on weapons licensing failures despite 32 separate reviews.
- by Sean Parnell
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‘More disappointed than angry’: Kefu reacts to home invaders’ sentence
Australian rugby great Toutai Kefu has spoken of his frustrations over crime as Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath reviews the sentences given to his attackers.
- by Sean Parnell
Gold Coast teenager charged after female students ranked online
A Gold Coast teenager allegedly linked to online posts that ranked female students into offensive categories has been charged by police.
- by Sean Parnell and Cloe Read
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Mining
Adani takes Qld to court in bid to end secret royalties probe
The state government suspects Adani has not paid enough coal royalties. The company says a revenue office probe is getting in the way of business.
- by Sean Parnell
Bruce Lehrmann and the Toowoomba rape case that puts him back in court
“Can you call urgently??? Lehrmann has been charged with rape in Qld.” As rival TV networks battled over the Brittany Higgins story, another case was building.
- by Cloe Read and Sean Parnell
Document reveals Brisbane toll tunnel could cost $10 billion to build
The Miles government has largely progressed its tunnel proposal in secret. One of the first documents made public reveals 40 per cent of people would not use it.
- by Sean Parnell
Public servants could be moved out of CBD, urged to WFH to cut costs
Treasurer Cameron Dick will consider shifting department offices to the suburbs and expect more meetings to be held online to help cut costs.
- by Sean Parnell
Queensland state budget: Cameron Dick hands down 2024 budget with $11.2b in cost-of-living relief
Four months before a state election, Treasurer Cameron Dick has delivered this year’s budget in parliament. Follow our live blog for all the details and reaction.
- by Felicity Caldwell and Sean Parnell
Bus driver charged over crash that killed Tia Cameron in Brisbane CBD
The man who was driving the bus that crashed in March has been ordered to appear in court over the death of the 18-year-old pedestrian.
- by Sean Parnell
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Crime
Man who killed his aunty and himself at Albany Creek had gun licence
Police were called to the house on Sunday where they found two bodies with gunshot wounds. They also found the man’s 88-year-old mother distressed but otherwise unharmed.
- by Sean Parnell
‘Height uplift’: Bid for tall towers to overshadow Newstead House
Developers continue to challenge height restrictions with a promise to provide more inner-city housing. The latest area of contention is around Breakfast Creek.
- by Sean Parnell
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