One of the greatest leadership roles in Queensland sport is up for grabs — captain of the Maroons. Origin legend Billy Moore talks us through the game’s top picks and revisits some career highlights along the way.
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Almost 500 strangulation charges laid in Queensland since 2016, report reveals
The offence of choking, suffocation or strangulation was introduced three years ago, following a recommendation made by a special taskforce on domestic violence in Queensland. From 2016 to 2018, 482 charges were laid for the offence, a spotlight report reveals.
Clive Palmer says big election spend 'more important' than charity donations
Businessman Clive Palmer says his federal election advertising spending of about $55 million was a better use of his fortune than “giving some money to Meals on Wheels”.
'We want to see Adani given a fair go': Mayor says mine must go ahead after election
Adani must get a “fair go” and be allowed to open up the Galilee Basin for “jobs to flow” in the central Queensland region, Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow says.
Murder suspect's aunty was investigating police officer, pre-inquest hears
A senior Mackay police officer involved in the murder investigation of Shandee Blackburn, who was stabbed to death while walking home from work in 2013, was the aunty of one of the main suspects, a pre-inquest is told.
'That does incite violence': Palaszczuk 'crosshairs' image prompts press council complaint
An image of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk “in crosshairs” on the Sunshine Coast Daily’s front page prompts the State Government to complain to the Australian Press Council.
Did Orwell's nightmare Nineteen Eighty-Four inspire the Snowtown murders?
Journalist Andrew McGarry covered the trial of one of Australia’s most notorious serial killings. Two decades since police made the gruesome discovery in a disused bank vault, he looks at the similarities between the actions of ringleader, John Bunting, and George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Business loses $1 million, warns banks 'not watching' for electronic fund transfer fraud
Australian banks don’t cross-check account numbers in electronic fund transfers and a Brisbane couple who lost $1 million are warning other small business operators to be aware they too could be hit.
CCTV captures alleged hit and run blamed on 'blind spot', court hears
A Queensland Rail worker accused of a hit-and-run in Brisbane’s inner north did not see the woman he struck because his vision was obscured by a “boom or crane” at the front of the heavy machinery he was driving, a court is told.
Labor in damage control in Queensland with just one seat between Brisbane River and Cape York
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is vowing to turn back the tide as Labor assesses the damage in its former heartland, and MPs blame their government’s “bipolar” approach to coal.