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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Jack McKay |Jack Mckay |Conor Byrne |Sarah Richards
Queensland Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber has conceded a car she travelled in to a press conference should not have parked in a disability parking bay. Ms Gerber visited Cairns in the state's north on Tuesday morning, where she attended a police facility to make an announcement about her ministerial portfolio. The vehicle she travelled in, but wasn't driving, parked in a disability parking bay in a carpark located outside the police facility.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards
Jade and Adriana Wales last paid rent almost eight years ago and have no plans to start anytime soon. The married singer-songwriters have spent time living in places like a two-storey home with a swimming pool along the coast of New South Wales, without it costing them a cent. "It's a barter system," said Mr Wales, 29. "We get free accommodation, and they get pet sitters while they go on holiday.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards
With only five per cent of her vision left, Fiona Charrington relies on catching trains. "It's really the only mode of transport, apart from walking, that I have," she said. The office worker uses the rail network across south-east Queensland weekly. A lot of planning still goes into her trips, despite catching public transport regularly and having lived with vision loss for decades.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards
The heritage-listed house partially collapsed this morning following days of rain. Tradesmen from across the road ran to help the woman inside. Brisbane City council has sent an engineer to investigate. An 85-year-old woman has had a lucky escape after her house partially collapsed and "slid down the hill" in Brisbane's north-west. Tradie Reef Urquhart had been working across the road when he heard a "bang".
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards |Jemima Burt
Doreen Langham was set alight by her ex-partner in 2021 in one of Queensland's most horrific domestic violence murders. Could a warning from inside police ranks have changed the outcome? "Doreen Gail Langham ... whose laughter and joy brightened all our lives."These words, etched on a small plaque in a rural cemetery west of Brisbane, capture the essence of Shayne Probert’s mother.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Rachel Stewart |Sarah Richards
Hardline youth justice laws to sentence young offenders as adults for more than a dozen serious crimes have passed Queensland parliament. The state government's Making Queensland Safer laws were a key part of the LNP's election campaign and included the contentious "adult crime, adult time" policy. Once the laws take effect, juveniles charged with serious crimes including murder, manslaughter and burglary will face tougher maximum sentences.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Rachel Stewart |Sarah Richards
Hardline youth justice law changes to sentence young offenders as adults for more than a dozen serious crimes are set to pass Queensland parliament. The state government's Making Queensland Safer laws were a key part of the LNP's election campaign, and included the contentious "adult crime, adult time" policy. If passed, the proposed laws would attract tougher maximum sentences for juveniles charged with serious crimes including murder, manslaughter and burglary.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards
Queensland Parliament has begun debating the youth justice law bill, which features the LNP's "adult crime, adult time" policy. Attorney-General and Justice Minister Deb Frecklington told the house the bill is a "fresh start for Queensland" and "implements some of our most important election commitments". The state opposition had called for amendments to be made to the bill, but they were voted down during a late sitting on Tuesday night.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards |Danielle Mahe
Natalie Franz was in disbelief when she received a notice threatening to take away her driver's licence over a parking fine linked to a numberplate she had sold. When the she moved from Melbourne, she was required to have a Queensland numberplate for her car. She decided to sell her personalised Victorian numberplate on Facebook for $270 in 2021. Ms Franz said she hadn't given it a thought until earlier this year, when she received a parking fine in her mailbox.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sarah Richards
Queensland's new government also means a string of first-time MPs.The LNP is projected to hold a majority of seats after nine years in opposition. The new dynamic is set to include an advocate for victims of crime, Queensland parliament's first Muslim woman, and the youngest woman ever elected in the state's history. LNP candidate Russell Field is likely to win the seat of Capalaba, which Labor MP Don Brown held.
