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Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?

Paul Keating never wrote a memoir. He has plenty of stories to tell, opinions to share and publishers who’d jump at the chance to help. Whenever the old feud between Keating and his predecessor Bob Hawke reignited, as it occasionally did, the latter wielded the prospect of a memoir like…

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The Juzear Harrier earphones: Can ‘safe’ ever sound sexy?

At $330, this beautifully balanced IEM is a confident all-rounder aimed at the treble-sensitive.

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Human rights experts and advocates alarmed as Queensland weighs fast return to public drunkenness laws

Reinstating offences goes against recommendation of 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

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Police budget blowout won't affect front line: premier

A $116 million blowout over a bungled lease for a new Queensland police station won't affect frontline services, Premier Steven Miles says.

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Offenders sent DV victim data in police system blunder

Victims including some involved in domestic violence matters have had their addresses forwarded to offenders after a police data glitch.

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Knife search powers widened, new rules for youth crime

Police will be able to search for knives in shopping centres, sports stadiums and public transport under expanded laws.

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'Fire in belly': call for home invasion sentence appeal

An attorney-general is seeking advice on whether to appeal sentences handed to teens who attacked a former national rugby star's family in a home invasion.

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'Nowhere to hide', FIFO police targeting crime hotspots

A new Queensland Police operation using a fly-in-fly-out approach will deploy officers to high crime areas across the state in a bid to reduce repeat offending.

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Stuck in limbo, Katarina Carroll was a scapegoat for Queensland’s anxieties over youth crime

Despite hand-wringing over youth crime, data shows domestic violence – which the outgoing police commissioner had hoped to tackle – is the real threat

The Guardian - AU

Katarina Carroll stands down as Queensland police commissioner amid state’s heated youth crime debate

Carroll says she raised intentions with police minister early due to ‘heightened speculation and commentary’

The Guardian - AU

Queensland to crack down on public knife possession after fatal stabbing of Vyleen White

Laws prohibiting sale of knives to minors will also be fast-tracked as government considers expanding police search powers

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Ban on knife sales to be brought forward by Qld govt

A ban on knife sales to minors will be brought forward by the Queensland government after the state's police commissioner addressed cabinet.

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Queensland’s youth crime response is fuelled by fear and anger, not facts

As the fatal stabbing of Vyleen White stokes debate, the Queensland government appears to have run out of politically viable kneejerk responses

The Guardian - AU

Boy out on bail when grandmother fatally stabbed

The Queensland government has issued a plea to magistrates after it was revealed a boy was out on bail when he allegedly stabbed a grandmother in a car park.

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Assaults, isolation and deprivation: what life is like at Cairns watch house for children and staff

Exclusive: Rare photo and staff testimonies paint bleak picture of Queensland lockup where situation is said to have reached ‘a tipping point’

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Queensland lawyer raises concerns of police surveillance of pro-Palestine demonstrators

Exclusive: legal observer for volunteer group Action Ready says police were recording number plates of cars displaying Palestinian flags

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Reward offered to help solve body in wall murder case

Twelve months after Tanya Lee Glover's body was discovered, Queensland authorities are offering $500,000 for information to solve her suspected murder.

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Hefty fine threat as sale of knives to youths faces ban

New laws that ban the sale of knives, certain gel blasters, tomahawks and machetes to juveniles in Queensland also carry hefty fines for offending retailers.

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How a Queensland fire station promised to the community was sold to the Catholic church and became a flooring showroom

Questions are being raised about the building’s valuation and the removal of a covenant dictating it be for community use

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Qld to ban sale of knives and fake guns to under 18s

Laws banning the sale of fake weapons, knives and other bladed items to juveniles are being introduced in Queensland, in a bid to crackdown on youth crime.

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‘Inhumane’ spit hoods still in widespread use across Queensland, despite royal commission recommendations

Inquest into the death of Selesa Tafaifa, who died in prison in 2021 with a spit hood over her head, will resume in Brisbane on Tuesday

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DV victims' payments to increase as part of reforms

Victims of domestic violence in Queensland will receive greater compensation under proposed legislative amendments.

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Qld ready for summer bushfires despite chief's exit

State Minister Mark Ryan says Queensland will be ready ahead of what looms as a hot summer following fire chief Greg Leach's resignation.

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Qld fire chief leaving after 'the toughest of times'

Queensland's Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Greg Leach has resigned and will leave his post by the end of the month.

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Human rights advocates demand end to strip searches

Queensland's human rights watchdog is calling for an end to routine strip-searching of women in prisons, saying they're dehumanising and don't improve safety.

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