Crime
Crisafulli uses new data to defend youth crime laws ‘incompatible’ with human rights
Premier David Crisafulli has defended his government’s new youth crime laws after his own attorney-general conceded they would be a violation of human rights.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Perspective
Juvenile justice
Victims support harsher sentencing, but it’s not all they want
The LNP is standing firm on its plan to cement “consequences for actions” and punish young offenders. Will it deliver what victims of violent crime say is missing?
- by Courtney Kruk
Drunk driver killed family matriarch on her birthday
The judge heard the woman had consumed at least two bottles of wine the night before she hit a pedestrian and continued to drive for 160 metres with three flat tyres.
- by Rex Martinich
Mother of NRL star Payne Haas ordered to stand trial over fatal crash
The mother of Broncos and NSW State of Origin star Payne Haas has been ordered to stand trial over a car crash that killed three people in the Gold Coast hinterland.
- by Rex Martinich
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Government
Queensland youth crime laws to be introduced to parliament this week
The LNP’s new youth crime bill – including its signature “adult crime, adult time” policy – will be tabled on Thursday to be passed by Christmas.
- by Cameron Atfield
Influencer investigated after police received reports of child harm
The investigation is likely to take several weeks while police seek further information from medical reports.
- by Cloe Read
Wife recorded murder fears hours before death
Just hours before a woman was found dead near a tractor, she recorded a video saying she feared her husband would kill her, a court has heard.
- by Rex Martinich
Man accused of woman’s fatal brain injury denied bail
A man set to face prosecution following a true-crime podcast and inquest into a woman’s death has been denied bail over his “extremely high risk” of interfering with a witness.
- by Rex Martinich
Murder accused grilled by witness about teen’s death
One of 12 men accused of murdering a teenager admitted his role in the killing during a phone call after a violent ambush in a park, a judge has heard.
- by Rex Martinich
Trial of 12 men accused of Brisbane park murder restarts after jury discharged
A judge alone will now decide the fates of the men after a jury was discharged over concerns of possible prejudice.
- by Rex Martinich
Family begs for location of man’s body after killer jailed over ‘vigilante justice’
Lachlan Griffiths was last seen alive in the Brisbane CBD on January 16, 2022. He was killed in a warehouse at Coopers Plains the following day.
- by Rex Martinich