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A 12-year-old girl is among three children who allegedly broke into a home on Brisbane’s northside and stole a car on Friday night.

The three children were found sleeping in the silver Mazda CX-5, which was allegedly stolen from a property on Brook Street, Everton Park, about 11pm.

The trio was found asleep in the car less than four kilometres away on Callan Street, Keperra, about 9am on Saturday.

The 12-year-old girl was arrested on the side of the road.Credit: Queensland Police Service

They were arrested on the side of the road, with police officers from Ferny Grove, the tactical crime squad and the dog squad attending the scene.

A 12-year-old Keperra girl, 14-year-old Mitchelton boy and 17-year-old Keperra boy have been charged with one count each of enter dwelling and commit, unlawful use of a motor vehicle – in company, and receiving tainted property.

The children were found asleep in the allegedly stolen car.Credit: Queensland Police Service

The 14-year-old boy and 17-year-old boy are expected to appear before Brisbane Children’s Court today. The 12-year-old girl is expected to appear before Brisbane Children’s Court on June 27.

Thank you for joining us on this Monday. We will be back tomorrow when Treasurer David Janetzki hands down his first state budget, so please join us.

If you are just catching up, here are some of the stories making headlines today:

Premier David Crisafulli has announced almost $150 million in extra police funding will feature in his government’s first state budget, with he and the treasurer both at pains to assure Queenslanders austerity is not on the agenda.

Meanwhile, Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles has taken aim at the Crisafulli government’s decision to change the official government logo from maroon to blue.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie says he will not be intimidated by the CFMEU’s “repeated bullying, intimidation and fear” in the wake of last week’s protests when hundreds of workers downed tools on government work sites.

The head of the Brisbane Broncos’ media team will face court after allegedly drink-driving and crashing a car into parked vehicles, a couple of minutes’ drive from the team’s headquarters in Red Hill.

A Brisbane bus driver suffered facial injuries and possible permanent damage to his ear in a “brutal” attack that was captured on camera, the drivers’ union says.

A playground in Bray Park, just north of Brisbane, has suffered $100,000 in damage in the second arson attack in the space of a week.

A 12-year-old girl is among three children who allegedly broke into a home on Brisbane’s northside and stole a car on Friday night.

Australia is considering its next steps after the US bombed Iran, exacerbating volatility in the Middle East. After days of growing escalation, the US unleashed strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Sunday as President Donald Trump declared “there will be peace, or there will be tragedy for Iran”. You can follow our live coverage here.

And in lighter news, Australian rock icons AC/DC will head home to Australia in November, marking their first shows Down Under in nearly a decade.

Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles has taken aim at the Crisafulli government’s decision to change the official government logo from maroon to blue, matching the state’s new political landscape.

In a pre-budget media conference in Brisbane today, Miles said the change was “the most unQueensland thing I can possibly imagine” during State of Origin season.

“I cannot believe that in the middle of a drawn Origin series, while our boys are preparing to go into camp to fight in the decider, David Crisafulli decided to change our state’s colour from maroon to blue,” he said.

The LNP has changed the Queensland government logo from maroon to blue.

“Maroon is our state’s official colour. It has been since 2003 when it was officially proclaimed our colour and for David Crisafulli to try to make us all blues in the middle of Origin season, I think is the most unQueensland thing I can possibly imagine.

“Refusing to explain how much this change is costing makes this even worse.”

The change to blue matches the government’s Delivering for Queensland advertising imagery, and also that of the LNP’s branding.

On Sunday, Premier David Crisafulli said Labor’s interest in the logo change “shows you where their priorities are” but he would not be drawn on how much the rebranding would cost.

“I’m not playing their silly games,” he said.

A 12-year-old girl is among three children who allegedly broke into a home on Brisbane’s northside and stole a car on Friday night.

The three children were found sleeping in the silver Mazda CX-5, which was allegedly stolen from a property on Brook Street, Everton Park, about 11pm.

The trio was found asleep in the car less than four kilometres away on Callan Street, Keperra, about 9am on Saturday.

The 12-year-old girl was arrested on the side of the road.Credit: Queensland Police Service

They were arrested on the side of the road, with police officers from Ferny Grove, the tactical crime squad and the dog squad attending the scene.

A 12-year-old Keperra girl, 14-year-old Mitchelton boy and 17-year-old Keperra boy have been charged with one count each of enter dwelling and commit, unlawful use of a motor vehicle – in company, and receiving tainted property.

The children were found asleep in the allegedly stolen car.Credit: Queensland Police Service

The 14-year-old boy and 17-year-old boy are expected to appear before Brisbane Children’s Court today. The 12-year-old girl is expected to appear before Brisbane Children’s Court on June 27.

As his government prepares to hand down its first state budget tomorrow, Premier David Crisafulli has announced $147.9 million will be spent upgrading equipment for frontline police officers.

The government will fund new state-of-the-art Tasers, body-worn cameras, tyre deflation devices and roadside breath test kits, with the Crisafulli saying the investment “will ensure police have the resources they need to arrest Labor’s youth crime crisis”.

“Our police can now set off to work each day knowing they have the equipment they need to protect themselves and protect the community,” Crisafulli said.

The state budget will include:

• $47.7 million to deliver 6546 Taser 10s
• $41.5 million to replace body-worn cameras
• $29.9 million to replace integrated load-bearing vests including ballistic plates
• $5.6 million for lifesaving tactical first aid kits
• $6.1 million to replace roadside breath test devices
• $4.6 million to purchase an additional 1623 tyre deflation devices
• $8.9 million for additional portable handheld radios

Police Minister Dan Purdie said the latest Taser 10 devices would “revolutionise the way our frontline officers can de-escalate conflicts without lethal force”.

Police discharged a firearm in at least 13 incidents in Queensland last year, more than any year since 2019.

The funding announcement came as police revealed a 17-year-old girl who was shot in the abdomen by police in Townsville after allegedly threatening officers with a knife earlier this month had been charged.

The teenage girl remains in custody and is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on June 24.

The Ethical Standards Command is continuing to investigate the incident with oversight by the Crime and Corruption Commission.

The Monash IVF embryo mix-up that led to a Brisbane woman giving birth to another woman’s biological child came to light due to a perfect storm of circumstances, involving a defecting doctor, a Supreme Court battle and the big-money stakes that result in specialists and their patients swapping between rival clinics.

An investigation by this masthead into the embryo bungle has uncovered the basic mistake, never thoroughly investigated at the time, that has had life-changing ramifications.

A Brisbane woman gave birth to a child that was not biologically hers due to the Monash IVF embryo mix-up. Credit: Luis Enrique Ascui

Read the full story here.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie says he will not be intimidated by the CFMEU’s “repeated bullying, intimidation and fear” in the wake of last week’s protests when hundreds of workers downed tools on government work sites.

More than 200 members of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union walked off job sites – including Cross River Rail and the Coomera Connector – on Thursday and Friday in response to the High Court’s decision to uphold the federal government’s administration of the union’s construction arm.

During Friday’s protest, insults of “media bitch” were hurled towards at least one female journalist, who was covering the rally outside the CFMEU’s headquarters at Bowen Hills. She was one of several journalists verbally targeted during the protests.

“If I let it get to me, I wouldn’t be doing what we’re doing in the state to combat these issues in the CFMEU. You’ve got to be strong and you’ve got to combat it, and we will,” Bleijie told 4BC Radio this morning.

“We reintroduced 24-hour right of entry laws, which means CFMEU can’t just rock up to a construction site anymore without 24 hours’ notice.

Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie.Credit: Jamila Filippone

“We hung up the bat phone, which was the CFMEU direct line into the Office of Industrial Relations that Grace Grace used to have open for her. I hung it up. It’s gone.

“We removed BPIC, the best practice industry principles. I sacked all the CFMEU board members from all the positions in workplace, health and safety.

“[Former industrial relations minister] Grace Grace and the Labor Party backs the CFMEU. I sack the CFMEU, so I’m not intimidated by the CFMEU.”

Labor Opposition frontbencher Shannon Fentiman said Labor supported the High Court decision, given it was the former Miles government that took action to put an administrator in place.

What started out as a high school nickname for founder Jason Daniel, athleisure brand LSKD now boasts celebrity customers like Zac Efron and Hailey Bieber.

Daniel spoke to Nine’s Today show this morning from his business’ new Logan headquarters, south of Brisbane.

LSKD is an abbreviation of “loose kid”, Daniel’s teenage nickname.

In the wake of an attack on a Brisbane bus driver on Friday night, we are asking:

A playground in Bray Park, just north of Brisbane, has suffered $100,000 in damage in the second arson attack in the space of a week.

Ebert Park received damage to its two plastic slides, shade sail, ball climbing unit, rope bridge and plastic-moulded rock stairs in the attack.

Moreton Bay Mayor Peter Flannery inspects arson damage at Ebert Park.Credit: City of Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay Mayor Peter Flannery said the attack was a blow to local parents going into the school holidays.

“I’ve had a gutful of this behaviour. Why should our community keep paying to repair damage that is totally unacceptable and unnecessary?” he said.

Fires were lit at Ebert Park over the weekend of June 14-15, and in the early hours of Friday, June 20.

Flannery said the region’s playgrounds were also frequently targeted by thieves and graffiti artists.

The council said that nearly 200 additional CCTV cameras had been deployed in the last 12 months as part of its public safety program.

The head of the Brisbane Broncos’ media team will face court after allegedly drink-driving and crashing a car into parked vehicles, a couple of minutes’ drive from the team’s headquarters in Red Hill.

Melissa Mallet.Credit: Melissa Mallet / X

Melissa Mallet, 39, was allegedly driving a white Kia Sorrento on June 2 about 9.45pm when it crashed into two cars on Tooth Avenue in Paddington in Brisbane’s western suburbs.

It was less than two kilometres from the Broncos headquarters in Red Hill.

After the crash, police allege she failed to stop, and attempted to do a U-turn, before nearby residents assisted Mallet out of the car.

Officers arrived on the scene, and she allegedly returned a positive roadside breath test before she was taken to hospital for treatment.

She was charged with driving whilst under the influence of liquor, and is scheduled to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on July 8.

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