A spike in criminal cases in Queensland has prompted the state’s top judges to plead for urgent government funding, saying they will be unable to cope with the criminal backlog.… Continue reading Courts seek funds to cope with rise in criminal cases
Federal Labor MP Terri Butler has settled a defamation suit with a Queensland university student, agreeing to a “modest payout” over comments she made on the ABC’s Q&A program. Key… Continue reading Federal Labor MP Terri Butler settles racial case against QUT student with ‘modest payment’
A man charged with murdering his wife more than 15 years ago at Margate, north of Brisbane, has been denied bail. Key points Patricia Anne Riggs’s remains were found in… Continue reading Patricia Anne Riggs: Husband charged with wife’s 2001 murder north of Brisbane denied bail
The roof of a Chinese restaurant has collapsed after a water main burst in Sydney’s north-west today, sending a torrent of water 12 metres into the air. Four fire crews… Continue reading Sydney restaurant roof caves in after burst main sends water gushing 12m into the air
A 34-year-old woman has been charged after more than $180,000 was allegedly swindled from a Brisbane engineering company. Fraud and cyber detectives have been investigating the alleged misappropriation of funds… Continue reading Woman charged over $180,000 Brisbane company fraud
It has been revealed Brisbane Child Safety Department workers met with a 10-year-old boy just months before he died following years of alleged abuse and neglect. Curtis Powell’s lifeless body was found by a relative… Continue reading Brisbane nurse charged with manslaughter of 10-year-old nephew
A Melbourne man who filmed a bus passenger’s racist rant and turned him into a national villain has met the man he shamed four years later. Mike Nayna’s video of… Continue reading Melbourne man who filmed racist bus rant confronts man whose life he ruined
Medical professionals and academics are calling for a national law against dowry, as part of Australia’s first summit looking at the impacts of the practice. *Deep, 27, met her husband… Continue reading Anti-dowry summit sparks call for Australian law against ancient tradition
Staff are likening the Royal Hobart Hospital’s (RHH) emergency room to the third world and general practitioners are resisting sending patients there, according to the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Tasmania.… Continue reading Royal Hobart Hospital likened to third world facilities
Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played. The cinemagoers, who were attending an international film festival… Continue reading Why are Indians being arrested for sitting during the national anthem?
When former detective Dennis Martyn voiced his strong belief in 2003 that Brett Peter Cowan murdered Daniel Morcombe, then homicide squad boss Mike Condon replied: “f*** off you wouldn’t know… Continue reading Daniel Morcombe: Homicide chief rejected Brett Peter Cowan as chief suspect, inquest told
A man and a woman have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a child in Brisbane’s south-east more than a year ago. The 10-year-old boy was found dead… Continue reading Two charged with manslaughter over 10-year-old boy’s death
