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Michael Nolan is the Chronicle’s crime and emergency reporter covering fires, floods and offenders. He started his career with the Warrego Watchman in the far flung reaches of Southwest Queensland before working in magazines and PR in Brisbane. He has also worked for the South Burnett Times and the Warwick Daily News. Michael joined the Chronicle in 2019.

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Police & Courts

‘Won’t deter them’: Expert warns Adult Crime, Adult Time will fail

The tough new sentencing regime may satisfy the public’s thirst for punitive justice, but criminology experts warn that it will only create a ticking time bomb for society.

Police & Courts

‘Drivers do change’: Why you can expect to pulled over this week

Police are getting an early start to the school holidays and will be out in force to blunt what has been a deadly year on our roads.

Police & Courts

Couple facing huge Covid fines wants more time to fight CHO order

It has been almost three years since authorities shut Fiona Davis and Mark McElligott’s bar after they refused to comply with Covid restrictions but their long and drawn out legal battles may be coming to a close.

Police & Courts

Teen at large in the community on 138 charges before dramatic arrest

A Toowoomba magistrate struggled to physically carry the weight of a young girl’s voluminous court file during her appearance after her arrest by specialist police.

Police & Courts

Heavily armed police swarm on home after police track wanted teens

Heavy-hitting specialist police, backed up by local officers and Polair surrounded a Lockyer Valley home as part of an operation over wanted teens.

Police & Courts

Shock as brawlers armed with bats meet up for 50-person fight

Dozens descended on a Toowoomba park for what appeared to have been an organised brawl. Armed with baseball bats they blocked off the nearby streets with their cars.

Police & Courts

Police hunt for group that viciously gangbashed man in CBD

Police have given an update on their hunt for the group that gangbashed a man in the heart of the CBD and left him with serious head injuries.

Police & Courts

Popular bottle shop targeted in overnight smash and grab

Police believe the one group of offenders are responsible for five break and enter offences that have occurred in Toowoomba of late.

South Burnett

New evidence found in search for man missing for two months

Police have renewed their search efforts after finding new evidence in the case of a 27-year-old who disappeared from a popular fishing hole.

Police & Courts

Violence erupts in Fight Club-style brawls in regional Qld city

Videos have emerged of Fight Club-style brawls erupting between men on the streets of regional Queensland as crowds cheer on.

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