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Rani Paige Lowry, 27, outside the Brisbane District Court.

Driver accused of smashing into Greens politician in Brisbane pleads guilty

At the time of her arrest, police alleged that Rani Lowry had been speeding more than 20 kilometres over the limit, and had been told by her passenger to slow down.

  • Cloe Read

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Illegal tobacco bust in Eagle Farm, Brisbane last week.

Illegal tobacco wars light up across states as crimes rise in Qld

Fire bombings and ram raids on stores selling illegal cigarettes are spreading as governments play a game of “whack-a-mole” on the lucrative market.

  • Savannah Meacham
Strangulation was reported by nearly nine in 10 women calling Victoria’s 24/7 family-violence crisis response centre, Safe Steps, this year.

‘I could have died’: Jail time for strangulation to be doubled under Qld plan

In calling for tougher penalties, the Queensland Law Reform Commission says sexual strangulation has been normalised – especially among young people.

  • Cloe Read
Rick Thorburn was arrested in September 2016 and charged with Tiahleigh’s murder, 11 months after she disappeared.

Child killer Rick Thorburn found dead in cell

Thorburn, also a convicted child rapist, was serving a life sentence at Woodford Correctional Centre for murdering his 12-year-old foster daughter a decade ago.

  • Courtney Kruk
Toutai Kefu outside his Coorparoo home after returning from hospital.

State wants more punishment for teens who assaulted Wallaby great

One of the boys, the Court of Appeal heard on Friday, has already been released from detention. The violent home invasion fuelled the debate over youth crime.

  • Cloe Read
Officers at the scene of the stabbing last year.

Teen sentenced for murder after alleged court assault

The 18-year-old defendant, who cannot be named as he was aged 17 at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty on Monday to the murder of 19-year-old man Abddullahi Ahmed Iyow.

  • Rex Martinich
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The Bowen Hills apartment complex where a man was stabbed, and Acting Detective Inspector Murray O’Connell.

Stabbing murder accused in tears as family attend court

The accused man spoke briefly to family members in court from behind the glass screens of the dock before breaking down in tears and holding his face in his hands.

  • Rex Martinich and Savannah Meacham
Covert cameras are recording hundreds of south-east Queensland drivers breaking the law, in sometimes bizarre scenes.

Brisbane’s covert cameras catching more than just litterbugs

A series of covert cameras, netting hundreds of dollars a year in fines, are catching more than just careless litterers.

  • Josh Bavas
Acting detective inspector Murray O’Connell said an argument broke out before the fatal stabbing of a 39-year-old man on Sunday.

Murder charge laid after man dies of stab wounds

A man has been accused of murder after allegedly stabbing another man during an argument at an inner-city Brisbane unit.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
John Robert Ullman pleaded guilty on Friday in Queensland Supreme Court.

Brisbane doctor jailed for trafficking ‘breathtaking amount’ of drugs

The doctor, who sold the medication to bikie gangs in amounts that required a garbage bag, bought more drugs than pharmacies or hospitals.

  • Rex Martinich

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