The man wanted over the murder of a woman whose body was found in a barrel in a dumped ute has a lengthy criminal history dating back to 2005, including domestic violence, extortion and armed robbery, court documents reveal.
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Cafe in drought-stricken Cunnamulla cooks up camel burger
An outback cafe in south-west Queensland is hoping to help diversify the livestock industry by creating a market for camel products.
Fog blankets much of south-east Queensland causing flight delays
Flights in and out of Brisbane airport are cancelled, delayed or diverted as heavy fog settles over much of south-east Queensland.
Rehab worker blames 'ice capital' Adelaide for rise in ice addiction
An Alice Springs rehab worker says Adelaide is the “sleeping giant” of ice production — bigger than Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane — and is the source of central Australia’s ice epidemic.
Dirty lawn mowers, outboard motors get chop under new emissions rules
From July 1 there will be new laws restricting the types gardening equipment and outboard motors that are available in Australia.
'Women can't wait anymore': Qld expected to decriminalise abortion
The Queensland Law Reform Commission is about to hand down its report examining whether to decriminalise abortion, amid a strong push for change within the Labor State Government.
Rapids ride a 'rat's nest' of wiring before fatal Dreamworld accident
The inquest examining the 2016 fatal accident on Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids is told the ride had a “rat’s nest” of wiring at its control panel, and that a pump on the ride had broken down five times in the week before the accident.
Engineer jailed for trying to gas wife to death after divorce threat
A Sunshine Coast man who connected a garden hose to his wife’s caravan and pumped in nitrogen gas as she slept is jailed for 10 years for attempted murder.
Philanthropist 'ashamed' by public's reaction to homeless during 24-hour sleepout
Seventeen years of working with homeless charities didn’t prepare Jak Vaessen for what he experienced over two nights sleeping rough.
Kindness of strangers at fatal crash leaves police officer 'in awe'
A country Queensland cop left ‘in awe’ of complete strangers who comforted a dying man at a road crash has written an emotional, confronting letter to the community.