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Archive for June, 2019
Baby boy lucky to survive fiery Qld crash
A baby boy is lucky to have survived a burning car wreck following a head-on car and truck collision that killed his parents in North Queensland, police say. June 6, 2019 Police are trying to piece together how a fiery truck and car crash occurred on a straight North Queensland highway in broad daylight, in […]
Qld ex-mayor Antoniolli guilty of fraud
A magistrate has found former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli guilty of fraud for misusing city council funds. June 6, 2019 A magistrate has found a former Ipswich mayor guilty of fraud saying his evidence on how he used council funds to buy goods at charity auctions was evasive, contrived and largely self-serving. Andrew Francis Antoniolli, […]
Self-serving’ Qld mayor guilty of fraud
Former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli’s evidence on how he used council funds at charity auctions was self-serving and appeared rehearsed, a magistrate says. June 6, 2019 When Andrew Antoniolli was elected Ipswich mayor amid wide-ranging corruption allegations at the Queensland council, he promised transparency and the highest standards of integrity. What the former police officer […]
Former Qld mayor to learn fraud trial fate
A magistrate will deliver his verdict following former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli’s fraud trial for allegedly misusing city council funds. June 6, 2019 A former Ipswich mayor will learn his fate following a fraud trial for allegedly using council funds to buy goods and services for his own use. Andrew Francis Antoniolli, 48, was tried […]
Search for missing Qld toddler suspended
The search for two-year-old boy missing on a remote property in crocodile-infested far north Queensland has been suspended a day after he wandered off. June 5, 2019 The parents of a toddler have second anxious night ahead after a search for their toddler missing on an isolated property in crocodile-infested far north Queensland was suspended. […]
Missing Qld veteran ‘murdered for money’
A pre-inquest conference into the fate of a 73-year-old man missing from Townsville 26 years ago has heard his son-in-law may have murdered him for money. June 5, 2019 Murder for money is the likely reason a World War II veteran mysteriously disappeared from Townsville 26 years ago, a Queensland court has heard. However, a […]
Palmer’s ‘abuse’ of court system blasted
Wealthy businessman Clive Palmer has been slammed for using the legal system to delay the corporate watchdog’s attempts to bring him to justice. June 4, 2019 Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer has been blasted in court for his “concerning abuse” of the legal system to block criminal charges being brought against him for breaching the corporations […]
Bail denied to accused Qld triple murderer
A former prison officer charged with three 1978 Queensland outback murders has been denied bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court. June 3, 2019 Three friends set out on an outback motorcycle adventure more than 40 years ago, but their murdered bodies were soon found in Queensland scrub. The man accused of the trio’s murder, Bruce […]
Qld triple murder accused denied bail
A former prison officer charged with three 1978 Queensland outback murders has been denied bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court. June 3, 2019 A man accused of a triple murder some 40 years ago has been denied bail after saying he would rather blow his head off than go to jail. Bruce John Preston, 63, […]