Queensland courts
The elusive family and the secrets behind The Star’s new casino owners
The family that took legal action to suppress a report into Star’s suitability to hold a casino licence has a long history of escaping scrutiny.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Toddler malnourished, infested with lice before death
Shannon Leigh White, 47, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after her stepdaughter Willow Dunn, 4, was found dead at a Cannon Hill home, in Brisbane’s east, in 2020.
- by Savannah Meacham
Former MP’s penalty doubled for election Facebook posts
A judge has doubled former Liberal MP Andrew Laming’s penalty for posting illegal election campaign messages on Facebook.
- by Rex Martinich
Lamborghini seized in south-east Queensland police raids
Queensland police have charged 20 people with more than 220 offences and seized cash, jewellery and a Lamborghini Huracan as part of Operation Whiskey Pitt.
Police search the home of former teacher charged with child abuse
Queensland police executed a search warrant at an address in Brisbane’s south on Saturday, 10 August, where the 68-year-old man was taken into custody.
Psychiatrists fear patient confidentiality is being undermined in Qld courts
There is increasing concern that court access to health files may be used to cast doubt on the credibility of rape and sexual assault survivors.
- by Cloe Read
‘Forgotten kids’ in detention falling between cracks
Qld youth workers are in despair over kids spending 20-plus hours a day confined to a room, while judges last week described one child’s isolation as a disgrace.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Elon Musk loses anti-Muslim fight in Queensland hearing
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that his company X – formerly known as Twitter – has to answer to the state’s laws despite being based in America.
- by Alex Mitchell
‘A motive to lie for podcast’: Coroner doubts man’s evidence in Sharron Phillips case
The man who accused his father of murdering Sharron Phillips, who vanished in May 1986, had a commercial motive to lie, the state’s coroner has found.
- by Rex Martinich
Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire on Russell Island
A NSW woman has been fined for failing to install legally required and compliant smoke alarms after a fire killed a father and five children at a Queensland property.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Record $1m reward paid out after Cordingley murder charge
A record $1 million reward has been paid out “in full” after an international search led to the arrest of a man accused of murdering Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
- by Laine Clark and Keira Jenkins
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