A jury finds a Cape York man guilty of manslaughter for driving a ute into a house full of mourners and killing a woman at his wife’s funeral in the Indigenous community of Kowanyama, after the court heard he suffered “extraordinary” provocation.
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Week-long 'inhumane' watch house detention for 14yo sparks police complaint
A Murri Court elder complains to police that a child who was arrested last week is still being held in the Brisbane watch house.
Alan Jones was 'grossly irresponsible', defamation trial told
Broadcaster Alan Jones denies a “bitter hatred” of a prominent Queensland family drove him to make defamatory comments about the group on multiple occasions spanning several years.
Wonderland brought to life to wow curious cake designers
Five cakemakers bring a famous children’s story to life with more than 100 kilograms of sugary icing and a trip down the rabbit hole.
Five councillors face suspension 'within days' under new new local government laws
Five Queensland mayors and councillors, including Logan Mayor Luke Smith and Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli, face immediate suspension under new laws designed to help restore confidence in local government.
Authorities 'fast-tracking' some African athlete asylum applications: lawyer
A leading refugee lawyer says Australian authorities appear to be expediting the asylum applications of overseas athletes and sports officials who remained in Australia after the Commonwealth Games.
Mayors, councillors face suspension as new laws passed in Qld Parliament
Logan Mayor Luke Smith and Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli are among five councillors now facing immediate suspension after the Queensland Government passes new laws on standards in local government.
Mother charged with kidnapping her kids will have to wear tracking device on bail
The mother allegedly took her two daughters from outside their Townsville school in 2014, when they were aged seven, and went “off the grid for four years”, the court hears.
Alan Jones fights back tears as he testifies in multi-million-dollar defamation trial
Broadcaster Alan Jones chokes up in a Brisbane court as he speaks about the deadly 2011 flooding in Grantham and defends comments he made about the collapse of a quarry wall.
Electoral commissioner 'drunk at work', seen in 'compromising sexual position'
Queensland’s former electoral commissioner, Walter van der Merwe, was drunk in the workplace, absent without reasonable excuse, and seen in a compromising position of a “sexual nature” with an employee, an investigation finds.