A NSW woman has been fined for failing to install legally required and compliant smoke alarms after a fire killed a father and five children at a Queensland property.
A record $1 million reward has been paid out “in full” after an international search led to the arrest of a man accused of murdering Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
The rapid rollout of body-worn cameras has culminated in a “robustly debated” audit report that might require the Queensland Police Service to change policies.
A man who refused to remove intimate deepfake images of Australian public figures he had posted online until after his arrest has been fined for contempt.
The 46-year-old was the only other one home when her four-year-old was found dead in a disused pool,police say. She has now been charged with his murder.
A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to taking part in an armed home invasion that resulted in Wallabies star Toutai Kefu and three members of his family being stabbed.
A man imprisoned for torture and manslaughter is eligible for early release after the Court of Appeal ruled he could not comply with Queensland’s “no body,no parole” law.
Queensland lawyers can’t even be relied upon for “simple professional courtesies”,according to Legal Services Commissioner Megan Mahon.
Lehrmann,last week unveiled as the high-profile man charged with the rape of a woman west of Brisbane,has had his case mentioned in court for the first time since his identity became public.
Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers argued his mental health would be at risk if he was identified as the alleged Toowoomba rapist. His television interviews suggested otherwise.
The former political staffer is alleged to have raped a woman weeks after he first appeared in court on unrelated charges he raped Brittany Higgins.