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With Brisbane essentially shut down thanks to some of the wettest weather in decades, residents are feeling bored, cooped up and anxious

In court submissions, Ten’s lawyers argue Lehrmann should indemnify the network for its legal costs, estimated at $8m

Lawyers for Russell Wilson Holden and Simon Leslie Gash have argued the men were unwitting and unwilling participants in the alleged theft of $1.17 million of gold bearing ore from miner FMR Investments.

A prosecutor in the trial of five people accused of a million-dollar gold swindle in WA's Goldfields describes the nature of their dealings as "nefarious" and "surreptitious" in his closing address.

A WA mining executive tells the District Court he was "uncomfortable" transporting Doré bullion on the back seat of his car for his former boss, who he asked to let him have a pile of gold-bearing ore that had to be "worth something".

Lawyers for a mining executive accused of stealing gold have questioned the involvement of a private lawyer and another company director in crafting a police statement for a well-known WA entrepreneur.

Lawyers for accused gold thief Patrick Keough put the decade-old allegations to Peter Bartlett during his testimony over the alleged theft of gold-bearing ore from his company FMR Investments.

Well-known mining entrepreneur Peter Bartlett has told the trial of his former "protégé" that he was in "shock", "stunned" and "broken" when Patrick Keogh was accused of stealing gold and repeatedly "begged" him to change his statement.

A mining executive transported up to 120 kilograms of unstamped gold bars on the back seat of his car to the Perth house of his employer, the same boss who now alleges he stole gold-bearing ore, the District Court has heard.