LILY NOLAN AND STAFF WRITERS The Gold Coast’s Mudgeeraba Rotary Park has become the newest recipient of a brightly painted red bench as part of the Red Bench Project, which aims to start an important dialogue about domestic … [Read more...]
The rising power of the criminal underworld with Misha Glenny
Oct 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Misha Glenny - photos by Rhett Kleine by Jesse O'Keefe Award-winning British journalist and historian Misha Glenny gave an electrifying keynote talk at Integrity 20 on the global criminal underworld, corrupt political networks and the rise of … [Read more...]
Southport High burns as holidays end
Oct 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
MONICA ADAIR Gold Coast police and firefighters were called to the scene of a fire at Southport State High School in the early hours of this morning. The fire at the Smith Street high school comes only a few days before the … [Read more...]
The Source News on Global Digital – 3 October 2019
Oct 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Coming up on The Source News, we talk about the premiere of Dracula’s Cabaret new show Muertos, the misuse of pharmaceuticals in Australia and the man who walked free after allegedly putting another man in an induced coma. Also, on the show, we will … [Read more...]
Activists rally to support abortion Bill
Sep 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
LUKE ANSCOMBE Pro-choice activists marched from Brisbane’s city hall to the state parliament building this week in support of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018, which would decriminalise abortion in Queensland. The Bill, which is based on a … [Read more...]
Protestors march over Indigenous deaths
Sep 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
LUKE ANSCOMBE Emotions ran high as about 100 activists marched on the Queensland Police Service headquarters in Brisbane on Saturday in a display of solidarity for the families of two Indigenous teenagers who died in Western Australia last … [Read more...]
Queensland Police campaign to combat cyber crime
Aug 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
LOTTEY WILLSHIRE. Last Friday marked the launch of the Queensland Police Service’s new campaign to reduce cybercrime in Queensland. Titled 'R U In Control?', the campaign aims to educate Queenslanders about the dangers of online criminal activity … [Read more...]
Drug dealer sentenced for selling Ice in Beenleigh and Gold Coast
Aug 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
DEMI LYNCH On Friday the 28th of July, a Brisbane man in his mid twenties was sentenced to five years in jail for producing and selling the dangerous drug methamphetamine in Beenleigh and the Gold Coast. Twenty-five old Gary Miller pleaded … [Read more...]
Labor’s organised crime proposal sets its sights on repealing the VLAD laws
Sep 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
SHARN KENNEDY The Queensland Government's proposed Serious and Organised Crime Bill has the potential to re-shape the legal and justice system, after Labor commissioned a review of the organised crime laws in 2015. The Labor party promised to … [Read more...]
