Gemma Ferguson
Digital News Producer at ABC Radio Australia
journalist with @abcbrisbane | festival head | binge watcher | writer All views are my own
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Gemma Ferguson
Experts have suggested that rape, aggravated attempted robbery, attempted murder, arson and torture charges should be added to Queensland's "adult crime, adult time" laws. Premier David Crisafulli said "the next wave of the Making Queensland Safer laws" would be introduced to parliament this week. "This is important to us … We will be focused on making sure that we can get this state to be a little bit safer for everyday Queenslanders," Mr Crisafulli said.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Gemma Ferguson
Queensland will introduce tougher child protection measures by the end of the year, taking action on the state government's election promise to Daniel Morcombe's parents. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli paid tribute to the 13-year-old Sunshine Coast murder victim on Sunday, announcing the LNP's "groundbreaking" three-pronged crackdown on child safety.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Steve Vivian |Gemma Ferguson
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the south-east Queensland coast this week, bringing with it the threat of damaging winds, storms and heavy rainfall to large areas of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. The system is expected to make landfall somewhere between Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast and Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, with the Bureau of Metereology (BOM) refusing to rule out the possibility of the cyclone intensifying to a category three.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Gemma Ferguson
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is likely to make landfall in suburban Brisbane this week, but some south-east Queenslanders face the possibility of sandbag shortages and long waits. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said an "unprecedented" 74,000 sandbags had been distributed by the council in just 24 hours — about double the highest daily total experienced during the 2022 floods.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Gemma Ferguson
A coroner has been unable to determine the cause of death of a Brisbane woman whose body ended up in a wheelie bin. Lesley Trotter, a 78-year-old retired school teacher, vanished from her Toowong home in March 2023. Queensland Police Service (QPS) said they had "evidence" her body was in a wheelie bin, which was picked up by a rubbish truck the day she was reported missing. Authorities sifted through thousands of tonnes of waste landfill waste at the time, but were unable to find her body.
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