Queensland Police
Toolbox murderer jailed by flawed evidence, court told
One of three men jailed for torturing and murdering two Qld drug dealers, whose bodies were found in a toolbox, has appealed against his convictions.
- by Rex Martinich
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Mother questions how childcare abuse accused was allowed to keep working
A Brisbane mother has spoken for the first time about her concerns regarding childcare safety after an alleged incident involving her three-year-old daughter and the man now accused of being Australia’s worst-ever paedophile.
- by Dan Nolan
Crackdown on Brisbane e-scooter users and cyclists
Vision released by the Queensland Police Service amid a crackdown on e-scooter users and cyclists in Brisbane.
Woman planned ‘barbaric’ woodchipper murder, court told
A woman has been accused of being the “architect” of an alleged plan to murder her ex-partner and disguise the crime as a horrific woodchipper accident.
- by Rex Martinich
Queenslanders ‘don’t feel safe’ but premier warns citizens not to fight back
Footage has shown some citizens taking the law into their own hands.
- by Laine Clark
Woman charged with murder after mother found dead
A woman has been charged with murder after her 73-year-old mother was found dead at a family home in north Queensland.
- by Fraser Barton
Qld to splash up to $250m on third children’s prison to fix capacity
The site will be built near existing detention centres to address nation-leading capacity pressures. But it’s been called a “Band-Aid solution”.
- by Matt Dennien
This man’s partner was found dead below cliffs. Now he’s slipped past police
The last person to see Meaghan Rose alive is on the run, and detectives are searching across Australia.
- by Cloe Read
Queensland police admin officer hacked records ‘for vanity’
An admin officer was motivated by vanity when she altered information in the Queensland police computer system over seven years, a court has been told.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Driving fines to rise by hundreds of dollars in protected Qld wildlife areas
The department is also introducing a new fine for the dangerous driving of e-scooters, at $309.
- by Cloe Read
Perspective
Crime
The (not so) quiet plan to fix youth prison pressure with police cells
As the government gears up to carve off a new south-east Queensland police station as temporary youth detention, a 2019 promise takes on new weight.
- by Matt Dennien