News from Queensland
It was Manmeet Alisher’s final act of kindness that triggered a sick killer’s horrific act of violence. On the morning of October 28, 2016, the driver smiled at the 15th… Continue reading How a killer’s ‘psychotic’ attack was triggered by a Brisbane bus driver’s smile
A dangerous child sex offender due for release on Friday has been put on a 10-year supervision order by the Supreme Court, banning him from being within 100 metres of… Continue reading ‘High-risk’ child sex offender put on 10-year supervision order
Melting bitumen has forced drivers in Australia to abandon their vehicles after the tyres became coated with tar. Up to 50 motorists may be entitled to compensation over the incident… Continue reading ‘Melting road’ damages cars in Australia
An international search is underway to find a new chief executive for Dreamworld after a fortnight of damning evidence at the inquest into the 2016 Thunder River Rapids Ride disaster.… Continue reading Nicole Noye appointed Dreamworld acting CEO after Craig Davidson resigns
Senior Dreamworld ride trainer Amy Crisp had never seen what a two-second emergency stop button on the Thunder River Rapids Ride would do, telling the coronial inquest into the deaths… Continue reading Senior Dreamworld trainer had never pressed e-stop button
Dreamworld had difficulty hiring suitably qualified staff for major safety audits of its “Big 9” thrill rides for 11 months of 2016, the Dreamworld inquest heard from its safety manager… Continue reading Dreamworld ‘had trouble hiring staff for safety audits’: inquest
A group of teenagers saved a woman from her Queensland home this morning after it caught fire and burst into a flaming inferno within minutes. Jacob Wilton-Johnson and his friends… Continue reading Teenagers save neighbour after house turns into flaming inferno
Electrical maintenance staff at Dreamworld were “distracted” by an electrical fault in another area of the theme park the day four people died, a ride maintenance operator told an inquest… Continue reading Dreamworld electrical staff ‘distracted’ by faults that day: inquest
The senior ride supervisor operating the Thunder River Rapids Ride on the day of the Dreamworld tragedy that killed four people had no first aid or emergency training, a coronial… Continue reading Dreamworld ride supervisors had no emergency training, inquest hears
Staff at Gold Coast theme park Dreamworld pushed a stop button on a ride after two rafts had already collided, a Queensland inquest has been told. Sydney-based mother Cindy Low… Continue reading Stop button pushed after Dreamworld crash: inquest
Advertising executive Dee Madigan has been referred to the powerful Queensland parliamentary ethics committee after refusing to delete a tweet about an LNP MP. Last month, Ms Madigan quote tweeted… Continue reading Dee Madigan refuses to delete ‘toddler tantrum’ tweet about LNP MP
Alan Jones’s lawyer has admitted some of his claims about a Queensland family who are suing the broadcaster for defamation cannot be defended. But Robert Anderson QC has argued Jones… Continue reading Alan Jones’s lawyer concedes some defamation
