Fishing boat tragedies have prompted changes to EPIRB standards on boats, but grieving families accuse authorities of ignoring pleas for more action.
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Former One Nation adviser Sean Black sentenced to five years' jail for rape
Former One Nation adviser Sean Black is sentenced to five years’ jail for raping and assaulting his former wife.
'Vigilante' impersonates police officer, sets man on fire at Mackay home, police say
A man impersonating a police officer threw accelerant on a person and set them on fire on the doorstep of a home in Mackay over “crazy” rumours about the victim and children, Queensland police say.
LNP MP wears 'F' 'U' cufflinks in apparent House of Cards homage
Opposition education spokesman Jarrod Bleijie appears to invoke Kevin Spacey’s psychopathic character — US president Frank Underwood — wearing cufflinks with the character’s initials to budget estimates, and prompting accusations of intimidation from the Attorney-General.
Proposed abortion laws will improve access for regional and remote women, pro-choice advocates say
Pro-choice advocates have thrown their support behind proposed changes to Queensland’s abortion laws, saying it will give women in regional and remote areas better access to services.
Man pleads guilty to pregnant partner's axe murder
A man who violently attacked the mother of his unborn child with an axe on Queensland’s Gold Coast in 2015 pleads guilty to murder days before his trial, telling the court he is “sorry”.
Rising tide strands plane … and the bus that came to its rescue
When a bus driver saw a plane bogged on this Fraser Island beach, he tried to help tow it out. But that’s how he got into a sticky situation.
Why narrow streets are the way of the future
Narrow streets are commonplace in city centres throughout Australia; now urban planners are paving the way for skinny roads in the suburbs.
$180k 'wasted' on flights for youth detainees, LNP says
The State Government has spent $180,000 on flights for youth detainees in north Queensland in the six months to May, a “waste of taxpayer money” the State Opposition says it will question in budget estimates today.
'Victims don't get justice': Rape reports rise in Qld as clearance rate falls
The latest Queensland police statistics show rape reports rising sharply over the past six years. The situation is so dire Leona Berrie from the Sexual Assault Network wants a government inquiry.