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Crash victim’s daughter fights for compulsory eye checks
‘Hijacked’: Kedron residents reject school traffic precinct plan
Crash victim’s daughter fights for compulsory eye checks
‘A game-changer’: How a brick box without windows won an architecture award
‘A game-changer’: How a brick box without windows won an architecture award
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Police investigate gang links as woman, 19, dies after drive-by shooting at Logan pub south of Brisbane
Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau was injured during the shooting outside Fitzy’s Loganholme pub on Saturday
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Potential gang involvement in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 19-year-old woman is being investigated by Queensland police.
Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, from Jimboomba, was hit in the head and neck when masked gunmen opened fire into a crowd outside Fitzy’s Loganholme, a pub in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night.
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Teenager shot in drive-by dies in hospital
Teenager shot in drive-by dies in hospital
We shouldn’t ‘blindly’ believe allegations of violence against women, Queensland’s new DV minister said in resurfaced comments
Concerns raised about appointment of former federal senator, Amanda Stoker, who has previously supported the rights of people accused of sexual assault
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Women’s safety advocates have raised concerns about the appointment of rightwing Queensland MP Amanda Stoker as the state’s minister for the prevention of domestic violence in light of her resurfaced statements that people should not “blindly” believe women who make allegations of violence.
Stoker, who was appointed to the role on Saturday, argued in a 2023 article that the recent push to believe complaints “rather than carefully assess[ing] relevant evidence” would harm innocent defendants.
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New minister flags changes after sex offender’s escape and recapture
New minister flags changes after sex offender’s escape and recapture
Queensland parliament updates: Striking staff to protest ahead of bail law passage; Stoker faces first questions in parliament
Queensland parliament updates: Striking staff to protest ahead of bail law passage; Stoker faces first questions in parliament
Three die in spate of road accidents overnight
Three die in spate of road accidents overnight
‘Worldwide legacy’: almost $20m raised to protect majestic tract of land in far north Queensland
Bush Heritage hopes to buy Wooroora station, which links wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland and is home to 12 endangered species
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A majestic tract of land in far north Queensland that links wet tropics and world heritage rainforest, and contains headwaters that flow to the Great Barrier Reef, could be bought and protected by Christmas, after a conservation group raised more than $19m in private donations to buy the cattle station.
Wooroora spans more than 20,000 hectares of largely intact wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland on the lands of the Jirrbal people about 100km south-west of Cairns – and borders Bush Heritage’s existing 43,575-hectare Yourka Reserve in one of the most biodiverse regions in Australia.
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