The state has cited only “some evidence” of an increase in the number of serious repeat offenders to justify the changes,prompting swift criticism from the rights watchdog.
A man accused of stabbing an 18-year-old in the heart has told a court he was acting in self-defence after a rival group burst into his apartment.
As parliament resumed for 2023,A-G Shannon Fentiman – a key figure of Labor’s Left – made a point of saying the laws were introduced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The deputy premier did not regret his criticisms of the judiciary,and he would not be taking them back.
She was accused of killing her fourth son in the 1960s but a police search of her home,including ground-penetrating radar,turned up nothing.
Treasurer Cameron Dick has tried to distance himself from Steven Miles’ heavily criticised outburst over the granting of bail to 13 young offenders.
Three boys – aged 15,16 and 17 – have been charged over the alleged attack and robbery of a 75-year-old man waiting at a taxi rank on Monday.
While the state government announced an almost $65 million five-year boost to bus service security on Wednesday,the issue is far from resolved for two Brisbane routes.
Twelve witnesses are too scared to be in the same room as the defendant,who has been charged with almost 100 offences that allegedly occurred in prison.
The Queensland Court of Appeal has acquitted one of four men previously found guilty over the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in a cane field north of Cairns.
The 23-year-old has been told to change or spend the rest of his life in jail after he abducted a man he met on social media for “physically intimate” relations.