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Kelly Wilkinson: Brian Earl Johnston sentenced to life in prison for Queensland murder

Former US marine to spend at least 20 years behind bars for murdering estranged wife at her Gold Coast home

The Guardian - AU

'Pure evil' destroying body: Kelly Wilkinson's sister

Distressing details of Kelly Wilkinson's murder have led a sentencing judge to call for fundamental changes in society to end violence against women.

AAP

Life terms for man who killed parents with sledgehammer

A man with no criminal history has been handed a double life sentence for bludgeoning his parents with a sledgehammer.

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A roll of tape, a handsaw and a small piece of wood at the centre of a $2.6m dispute in Queensland

Supreme court judge overturns building tribunal ruling in dispute between electrical contractor and solar farm owner

The Guardian - AU

Teens spared jail for filming videos of manslaughter

Two teenage girls joined in the torture and assaults that led to a man falling to his death while trying to escape and later posted the footage on social media.

AAP

Brittany Higgins Issues Statement After Bruce Lehrmann Named As High Profile Man In QLD Rape Case

Brittany Higgins took to her Instagram Stories to make a statement.

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Who’s suing who? The storm around Bruce Lehrmann explained

Bruce Lehrmann has been revealed as the ‘high-profile man’ charged with an alleged rape in Toowoomba, QLD, in 2021, adding to the complex web of legal cases surrounding him.

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Bruce Lehrmann named as alleged rapist

A Queensland judge has allowed former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann to be named as the ‘high-profile’ alleged rapist in Toowoomba, and Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney’s name has been mentioned as our next governor-general.

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Lehrmann revealed as high-profile man charged with rape

Bruce Lehrmann, a former federal coalition government ministerial staffer, can now be identified as a previously unnamed man facing rape charges in Queensland.

AAP

How Bruce Lehrmann’s media interviews cost him his anonymity in Toowoomba rape case

The ‘high-profile man’ has been identified after TV appearances about the Brittany Higgins case came back to burn him

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann Has Been Named As The High Profile QLD Man Charged With Rape

The high profile Queensland man who has been in court for two counts of rape since Jan. 2023 is former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.

Pedestrian.tv

Bruce Lehrmann revealed as high-profile man charged with Toowoomba rape

Changes to Queensland law allow for naming of Lehrmann, who was thrust into national spotlight after being accused of raping Brittany Higgins, a claim he strenuously denied

The Guardian - AU

Court rules Lehrmann can be named as rape accused

Bruce Lehrmann has been revealed as a previously unnamed man charged with rape in Queensland, after facing trial in Canberra for assaulting Brittany Higgins.

AAP

Rape accused claims 'errors' in ruling to unmask him

A magistrate's decision that naming a high-profile rape accused would not further risk his safety or mental health is being challenged in the Supreme Court.

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The Guardian - AU

Judge reprimands lawyers of high-profile Toowoomba man accused of rape, but his identity remains secret

Media companies, including Guardian Australia, oppose the application for secrecy, following a recent change to Queensland law to allow the naming of accused sex offenders after they are charged

ABC News

Ethan McPherson sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for killing David Murphy in Springfield Lakes in 2019

Ethan McPherson is sentenced in the Supreme Court in Brisbane after pleading guilty to a downgraded charge of unlawful striking causing the death of David Murphy.

AAP

Lack of mental health support for war veteran in jail

An ex-soldier is unlikely to receive the mental health treatment he needs in the foreseeable future in a Queensland jail, a Supreme Court judge has found.

AAP

Dad unhappy with sentence for kids' deaths in hot car

Kerri-Ann Conley has been jailed for nine years after her "inexcusable" decision that left her two toddlers to die in a hot car after a night spent socialising.

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Army vet in need of mental health in prison, judge says

Christopher James Finn is in urgent need of mental health treatment in prison after suffering complex post traumatic stress disorder as a soldier, a judge says.

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Vet in gang, sleeping on floor 'for protection' in jail

An ex-soldier had to join a gang and sleep on the floor with his head near a toilet for protection in a Queensland maximum security prison, a court has heard.

The New Daily

Madonna King: Plain language can form a fairer democracy

Plain language could help build better democracies - and wouldn't the world be better off if we just made it simpler, Madonna King writes.

ABC News

Alex Robert Smart jailed for stabbing man in heart on Father's Day in Gympie

A man who stabbed another man in the heart in an "unnecessary and unjustified attack" in Gympie on Father's Day three years ago is sentenced to life in prison for murder.

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