Crime rates in parts of regional Queensland have skyrocketed to more than four times those of metropolitan areas, amid calls for the government to give more attention to recruiting police to work in the bush.
The state’s top cop says he was taken aback by a Queensland Police policy which lumps journalists alongside criminals and religious extremists as associations police should declare, saying he was committed to reviewing the policy.
Residential care house workers are being abused, assaulted and threatened by children at alarming rates, sparking an unprecedented rise in compensation claims across Queensland.
An innocent grandmother killed after a teen allegedly crashed a stolen car has been remembered as a kind and generous woman, as lawyers for the boy have revealed he had been in the care of the Department of Child Safety for four years.
The Brisbane businessman who was killed in his own home was getting ready to move when he was allegedly stabbed by a teenage boy, as the multi-millionaire’s booming property portfolio is revealed.
A hardworking father’s life has been turned upside-down after his vehicle was hit by an allegedly stolen car with a teenager at the wheel, just weeks after his newborn daughter was admitted to hospital.
All four teenagers involved in a horrific stolen car crash in Brisbane’s inner north were on bail, with the 17-year-old driver allegedly cutting off his ankle monitor in the lead up.
