Crime
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Queensland
‘Pulled out a handgun’: Man charged after allegedly threatening bus driver
The wife of the bus driver has described how a person was “standing in the middle of the road and pulled out a handgun” and pointed it at the driver.
- by Cloe Read
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‘He’s coming’: Bodycam footage shows cop’s frantic battle to survive ambush
The young officer had made futile attempts to call for help over the police radio and was forced to ring a colleague on his mobile phone.
- by Rex Martinich
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Domestic violence
State puts victims ‘at risk’ pursuing violent offenders over debts
The Queensland government has been told to stop trying to recoup money from offenders to cover the cost of providing financial assistance to their victims.
- by Sean Parnell
‘Scandalous failure’ of Queensland’s youth crime prevention measures
“The cheapest way of stopping kids getting into trouble … is to work with families and the kids themselves when they’re young,” said Professor Ross Homel AO.
- by Savannah Meacham
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Courts
State’s prisons at 144 per cent capacity, made worse by housing crisis
A long-awaited review has proposed sweeping reforms to the parole system and management of prisons. But some recommendations are too much for the Labor government.
- by Sean Parnell
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Brisbane
‘No accident’: Daycare hit-run deemed a domestic violence murder
The family of a woman allegedly targeted in a fatal hit-run claim her attacker was waiting for her to finish a daycare drop-off.
- by Laine Clark
‘It’s horrendous’: Young mother killed in alleged ‘targeted’ hit-and-run attack
Police believe the pedestrian, who had just dropped her child off at daycare, was deliberately mowed down in Daisy Hill on Friday.
- by Cameron Atfield
Teen suspects on the run as Valley stabbing leaves girl fighting for life
Teenagers allegedly involved in the stabbing remain on the run.
- by Cloe Read and Allanah Sciberras
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Queensland
Dramatic arrest after woman’s body found in Ipswich home
Police have charged a 36-year-old man with murder after the body of a woman with multiple stab wounds was found in Ipswich on Monday.
- by Courtney Kruk and Bailey Kenzie
Stabbed teen fighting for life after north Brisbane brawl
A 16-year-old boy is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after an early-morning fight in Morayfield.
- by Cameron Atfield
Church group in girl’s death trial claims ‘persecution’
“This isn’t really a trial about murder of a child as it is religious persecution.”
- by Rex Martinich