2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (245+ words) September 11, 2026 — 2:27pm A tax office official on the Gold Coast is accused of disclosing sensitive information to organised criminals, and storing child abuse material on electronic devices. Investigators raided a Surfers Paradise home on Thursday, seizing multiple mobile phones and electronic…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (272+ words) September 10, 2026 — 4:38pm Boats used in illegal fishing operations across Brisbane, Moreton Bay, and the Gold Coast will be crushed following a state investigation that uncovered hundreds of protected and undersize animals sold in the Redlands. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol agents…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (648+ words) September 10, 2026 — 11:45am A 41-year-old drug trafficker has blamed his three teen house guests for his alleged involvement in a violent attack linked to Melbourne’s bar wars. The trio of 17-year-olds was allegedly hired to carry out a ruthless five-day crime spree…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (773+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am Prominent sexual assault victims advocate Brittany Higgins has accused the Victorian government of using her credibility to promote promised reforms that it won’t deliver before the November election. Late last month, Higgins wrote to Premier Ben Carroll saying she…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (407+ words) September 9, 2026 — 11:55am New information about linked cold-case murders south of Brisbane has emerged, with police releasing images of men witnesses reported seeing more than two decades ago. Iain Hogg was murdered at Tweed Heads in 2002, and his red Toyota Celica was…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (749+ words) September 9, 2026 — 5:00am The nation’s leading authority on domestic abuse has warned Labor’s plan to end violence against women and children in a generation is failing as rates of sexual violence in Australia remain at record highs. The Domestic, Family and Sexual…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (667+ words) September 8, 2026 — 4:50pm A man accused of running a $100 million Ponzi scheme through an Ivanhoe law firm told his wife that if anything happened to him, there would be a folder in his office that explained “everything”. The contents of that folder…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (816+ words) September 8, 2026 — 11:54am The two-man hit team who murdered underworld enforcer Gavin Preston have been sentenced to 34 years in prison over the gangland execution and attempted murder of his associate. But Jaeden Tito, 25, and Rabii Zahabe, 26, received a reprieve from life behind…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (451+ words) September 7, 2026 — 4:43pm A former staffer to Alan Jones told friends the broadcaster had worn an open robe around him at home and had sent him explicit text messages, a court has heard. Two friends of complainant “C”, who has accused Jones…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1387+ words) September 7, 2026 — 8:08pm Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: energy healing at police HQ, rethinking the First Nations Health Office, musical chairs at CS Energy, and more. Sometimes after a tough week serving the public, you…...