The defendant was due to face the start of a seven-day trial in Supreme Court in Brisbane,but instead pleaded guilty and ran off from reporters outside.
The boy acted alone when he allegedly stabbed a female Coles worker in an “abhorrent” random attack,police say.
A day after a Coles worker was stabbed in Ipswich,Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has visited that city to promote the LNP’s law and order policies.
The Crisafulli government has called on former chief health officer John Gerrard to head an inquiry into the effect of odours from waste facilities.
Some councillors have joined garbage truck drivers striking over stalled talks with their administration as 60,000 bins go uncollected – some for a second week.
A major south-east council and its garbage truck drivers inked a pay deal after strikes left tens of thousands of bins uncollected – some for two weeks straight.
A report on liveability across five Australian capital cities has highlighted gaps between established and growing areas. In Brisbane,one issue stands out.
The painting is on loan for two years from the National Gallery of Australia as part of a program designed to bring visitors to regional galleries.
Campaigners want to save south-east Queensland’s Woogaroo forest for koalas;developers want the land for desperately needed housing. Something has to give.
Twenty-eight people were living in an Ipswich boarding house when it burnt down in a suspected 1990 arson attack.