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Fraser Barton and Rex Martinich

Premier to discuss media access to courts

Premier Steven Miles has undertaken to raise the issue of media being locked out of court. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he will speak to the attorney-general after a boy accused of fatally stabbing a grandmother appeared in a closed court hearing.

Acting Magistrate Robert Turra on Tuesday refused the media's application to be present at the 16-year-old's first hearing at Ipswich Childrens Court, saying it would be "prejudicial to the child".

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