Queensland Police
From an aspiring teacher, keen to meet others, to a murderous loner
The parents of the Bondi Junction killer have spoken of his descent from country school kid to national “monster”, against the backdrop of untreated mental illness.
- by Sean Parnell
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Gold Coast police searched Bondi Junction killer for knives in December
The Queensland man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in Sydney’s Bondi Junction was itinerant and living out of his car with history of mental illness, police say.
- by Tony Moore
Man shot by police after alleged stabbing murder in Queensland
An alleged homicide and subsequent police shooting are under investigation in Queensland.
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How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article
The views described as an “outward racist ideology” lit up parliament, the media, and parts of community. Emails and texts now shed light on internal responses.
- by Matt Dennien
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‘You know more, or you’ve done it’: Cop pressured child witness before tot’s death case thrown out
Police have launched an investigation into how a teenager was questioned by officers before a Supreme Court trial was abandoned.
- by Cloe Read
Police employee accused of hacking computer, selling info to stalker
A Queensland Police Service employee has allegedly been paid to access information and release it to a domestic violence perpetrator.
- by Cloe Read
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Courts
Woman allegedly killed by son days before her body was found
Police believe a man allegedly killed his mother at least two days before her body was found in a Fortitude Valley apartment.
- by Cloe Read
Brisbane bank branch manager charged with fraud
A National Australia Bank employee who was in charge of one of Brisbane’s busiest branches has been accused of fraud.
- by Cloe Read
Easter Sunday crash: Woman killed by allegedly unlicensed, speeding, drug driver
A 39-year-old Queensland woman was killed on Easter Sunday when her car was hit by an allegedly unlicensed drug driver behind the wheel of a stolen car.
- by Fraser Barton
NSW man charged over alleged stabbing in Fortitude Valley overnight
A 21-year-old has been charged after a 22-year-old man suffered significant abdominal wounds during an alleged stabbing in Brisbane overnight.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Hotels
Living on the edge: Skyscraper skylarking puts lives at risk
At least three teen boys risked their lives almost 100 metres above Queen Street Mall when they gained access to the roof of one of Brisbane’s most prominent inner-city hotels and balanced on the rooftop ledge.
- by Cameron Atfield