Police
Fatal fire survivor unable to speak to police
Bridie Jabour The deaths of a Bracken Ridge husband and wife, whose bodies were found after a pre-dawn house fire last week, remain suspicious as investigations continue.
Three people charged over police brawl
Bridie Jabour Three people, the youngest just 14 years old, have been charged over a brawl which saw two police officers hospitalised after allegedly being pelted with bottles and bricks.
Police also fired 'lethal' rounds during Queen Street Mall stand-off
Police fired both "lethal and non-lethal rounds" at an armed man involved in a 90-minute stand-off with officers in the Queen Street Mall on Friday, it has emerged.
Police restructure puts focus on organised crime
Tony Moore Tackling organised crime in Queensland - including taskforces similar to the pre-Christmas raid on customs and airline officers in Sydney - now falls under Queensland's new deputy police...
Mackay stabbing: social media rumours wasting police time
Bridie Jabour Online "rumours and innuendo" are wasting the resources of police officers desperately trying to solve the violent killing of a young Queensland woman.
Police comb missing mum's car for clues
Marissa Calligeros While Mr Chardon remains in Jakarta with the couple's two young children, forensics police are combing his wife's abandoned four-wheel-drive and the family's Upper Coomera home.
Police draw Tasers more often
Marissa Calligeros Queensland's police watchdog says officers are drawing their Taser stun guns more frequently than they were three years ago, but in most cases don't actually use them.
New police chief dictatorial, says union
Bridie Jabour A stoush between the Queensland police union and incoming police commissioner Ian Stewart has erupted into public warfare, with the union accusing Mr Stewart of being dictatorial and claiming police...
LNP calls police on own high-powered member
Bridie Jabour Liberal Party powerbroker Santo Santoro has still not been told by his party the allegations which led to him being reported to the police.
Top cop says prior drug use should not preclude police career
Marissa Calligeros People who admit to having experimented with drugs in their youth should be allowed to pursue policing careers, Queensland's new top cop says.
Police on hunt after rash of armed robberies
Marissa Calligeros Police are hunting seven men and one woman after a number of armed robberies in Brisbane and Logan yesterday.
Man arrested in child sex police sting
An ACT man who allegedly thought he had arranged sex with a woman and her 13-year-old daughter has been arrested in Queensland.
Police arrest man over Moorooka murder
Marissa Calligeros A Milton man has been charged over the murder of a Brisbane father last week.
Police called on comedian over Newman 'kill' tweet
Bridie Jabour Victorian writer Catherine Deveny was visited by the police yesterday after Queensland Premier Campbell Newman made a complaint about her Tweets.
Teen speared man in the back: police
Marissa Calligeros A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly spearing a man in the back in far north Queensland last night.
Facebook is not for you, police told
Bridie Jabour Queensland police are being urged to delete their Facebook accounts, with the police union warning officers could be spied on, stalked and put friends at risk of charges if they failed to report...
Police puzzled over missing Mt Isa couple
Marissa Calligeros The man charged with the murder of a Mt Isa couple in far north Queensland will remain behind bars for at least another month.
Police 'close' to finding slain couple
Marissa Calligeros Queensland police are searching dense, mountainous bushland in the state’s far north for the bodies of a slain Mt Isa couple.
Police: fatal fire not suspicious
Daniel Hurst Police have tentatively ruled out arson as the cause of yesterday's house fire that left celebrity chef Matt Golinski in a critical condition and killed his wife and three children.
Police minister to quit politics
Bridie Jabour Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Neil Roberts has announced he will not contest the election next year, making him the eighth Labor MP to announce their retirement in...
