A legal expert has lauded a push to open juvenile courts to journalists, while one Queensland solicitor has raised concerns about the negative impacts it could have on young offenders. What do you think? VOTE IN OUR POLL
Frontline officers are calling in sick and refusing to go out in marked cars for fear of being targeted by young criminals who know the system will protect them.
A Qld duo have been charged with possessing a street level amount of cocaine but may avoid their matters going to the supreme court depending on what a drug analysis certificate says.
Queensland’s police union has defended the use of lethal force in a drug operation gone wrong saying the NSW man shot dead could have caused multiple police fatalities at close range as officers approached him.
A magistrate had refused bail for a young father despite there being no police objection to his release. Find out what kept him from walking out of the courtroom.
A man charged with allegedly ramming a police car on the Mackay CBD fringes has appeared in court where a raft of charges were mentioned.
A construction worker threatened to kill a man and his brother and while on bail assaulted a woman with a metal shifter. Find out why.
A man is facing serious charges over a collision on the Bruce Highway that involved a boat. Debris was spread across the roadway from the crash that extensively damaged a motel fence.
A man has been charged after a police vehicle was rammed in dramatic scenes at a busy city intersection. SEE THE PICTURES
A young man will spend at least the weekend in custody after he allegedly went on a crime spree in the city centre, targeting three businesses and a parked car.
A mother charged with animal negligence claimed she got the information about tethering her American Pit Bull Terriers from the RSPCA website.
One of the major problems crippling Queensland businesses has struck a popular Mackay CBD cafe, and is threatening another in a region bracing for a tourism boom. Find out where.
A violent man burst into his former partner’s house in what has been described as a ‘home invasion’ and repeatedly called her a prostitute while assaulting her.
An argument between two mates resulted in one kicking the other in the testicles, but there was a bizarre twist linked to the injury.
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