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Laine Clark and Cheryl Goodenough

Qld family grieve fatal Aust Day 'dog act'

Australia Day has taken on a new meaning for a devastated Queensland family after a young couple and their unborn son were killed by a drug and alcohol fuelled teenager in a stolen car.

"It will be a remembrance day," Russell Field told a Brisbane court.

His son Matthew Field and partner Kate Leadbetter - who was six months' pregnant - were walking their dogs in Alexandra Hills, southeast of Brisbane, when a 4WD ploughed into them.

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