Courts
Brisbane professor to pay thousands after losing race case against police
The National Justice Project says the case will have a “chilling effect” on the state’s most marginalised people, and will deter them from making discrimination complaints.
- by Cloe Read
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Defence faces $1.5m fine after soldiers mauled by croc
The mauling of two soldiers by a crocodile in Far North Queensland has left the Australian Defence Force facing court on charges of inadequate training and workplace safety failures.
- by Samantha Lock
Murder-accused behind bars after deaths of wife, baby in Rockhampton
A man has been remanded in custody over the deaths of a mother and baby whose bodies were found in a central Queensland home.
- by Cheryl Goodenough and John Crouch
Accused childcare predator reported to police for ‘kissing’ child a year before arrest
Childcare manager Yolanda Borucki says she alerted police to the worker who was seen allegedly “kissing” a child but he was then cleared for lack of evidence.
- by Perry Duffin
Star Entertainment slapped with $140k fine
Star pleaded guilty to 11 charges, including helping gamblers to buy chips using a credit card.
- by Cloe Read
Brisbane grandmother to be sentenced after poisoning husband’s soup
Judith Ann Venn has been in custody for more than three years over the killing.
- by Cloe Read
Phone call details female cop’s claim she was raped by fellow officer: court
One of the state’s most senior serving officers will be called as a witness in the historical case.
- by Cloe Read
Coins and punches thrown in SEQ road rage attack
Cut off by another motorist, Karen Amaketo Matautia pursued the vehicle along a highway while her passenger threw coins.
- by Laine Clark
Murder-accused has bail revoked over charges of animal cruelty, violence
The 20-year-old is one of 13 men charged over the stabbing death of a teenager who died on the railway line near a baseball field in Zillmere.
- by Cloe Read
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Brisbane
Duo accused of smuggling $61m in cocaine inside yacht
Police say one of the men threw a backpack containing $290,000 cash in a vacuum-sealed bag from the apartment balcony when officers knocked on the front door.
- by Rex Martinich
Man begged for help before he was allegedly killed and put in concrete, court hears
Minutes before Andrew Christopher Walsh was killed, he said “help me”. Months later, his body was found encased in concrete.
- by Cloe Read