Schoolgirl Jayde Kendall may have died after consensual sex with the accused went “horribly wrong”, a Supreme Court murder trial hears in Brisbane, as the jury retires to consider its verdict.
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Cattle Council hits back at Senate claims it does not represent grassroots
A Senate report calling for the peak cattle industry council to be replaced draws a swift rebuke from the council’s president.
Needle in haystack: Finding fire in 25,000-hectare forest
With high-risk fire conditions on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, how does the state’s major forest grower spot, manage, and respond to fires in fuel-filled environment?
National grain harvest suffers 40 per cent drop
The national winter crop harvest will be 40 per cent lower than last year, according to the latest ABARES quarterly Crop Report.
Senior Ipswich City Council officer charged by corruption watchdog
A senior Ipswich Council bureaucrat is charged by Queensland’s corruption watchdog with misconduct for allegedly causing financial detriment to an engineering firm.
Security guard at elite Brisbane girls' school stabbed by intruder
Somerville House girls’ boarding school in Brisbane says students “are not in any danger” despite an intruder stabbing a security guard after being discovered in a classroom early this morning then escaping.
Mao's last dancer breaks 18-year retirement for Queensland performance
Li Cunxin says he is petrified to come out of retirement for one night only in Brisbane, for The Nutcracker, the first ballet he performed in the West.
CCC documents found during raid of barrister Sam Di Carlo's house, court told
Confidential documents from Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission relating to a Melbourne property developer’s appearance at a CCC hearing were found during a raid of Brisbane barrister Sam Di Carlo’s house, a court hears.
South-east Queensland house price growth not extending to regions
Queensland’s real estate industry is a state of contrasts, with Brisbane booming and regional centres struggling, a new report shows.
LNP not committing to its own M1 congestion buster
The Queensland Opposition suggests duplicating a large stretch of the motorway on the Gold Coast, but stops short of promising to build the road if it wins government.