5 d. ago Brisbane news live: Kayaker dies after falling in Brisbane River; Woman, two girls killed in Gladstone house fire; Drilling work starts for Victoria Park stadium

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5 d. ago Brisbane news as it happened: Kayaker dies after falling in Brisbane River; Woman, two girls killed in Gladstone house fire; Drilling work starts for Victoria Park stadium

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5 d. ago Woman, two boys killed in Queensland house fire, police declare crime scene

The top storey of the home collapsed, hampering firefighters’ attempts to search the house before the blaze was extinguished and the bodies found.

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7 d. ago Mother of accused killer forced to give evidence against her own son

Belinda Torney told a court her son punched his neighbour, Cobram woman Emma Bates, in the head three times before she was found dead at home.

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2 w. ago Accused killer to stand trial over wife’s tractor slasher death

The 45-year-old has been ordered to stand trial over the death of his 41-year-old wife, whose body was found with 25 injuries at a property south of Brisbane last year.

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2 w. ago ‘I made sure I locked every door’: Man cleared of link to Dezi Freeman after search near Benalla

A planned operation by Victoria Police on Wednesday as part of the manhunt for accused police killer Dezi Freeman has had little return.

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2 w. ago Man cleared of link to fugitive Dezi Freeman after search near Benalla

A planned operation from Victoria Police on Wednesday as part of the manhunt for accused cop killer Dezi Freeman has made little return.

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3 w. ago Accused killer charged with trying to rape woman on Brisbane’s bayside

Police allege the 45-year-old man stabbed another man to death in the car park of a bayside shopping village. An hour later, he was allegedly trying to rape a young woman a kilometre away.

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3 w. ago Woman in custody over suspicious unit fire in Brisbane’s north

Police established a crime scene on Sunday after a fire at an apartment block landed two people in hospital.

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4 w. ago Man charged with murder of woman after body found in Brisbane River

Police have charged a man on the Gold Coast seven months after a woman’s body was found.

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4 w. ago Anyone caught harbouring accused police killer Dezi Freeman risks 20 years’ jail

Police have searched more than 100 homes in Victoria’s High Country as one of Australia’s largest ever manhunts enters its fourth week.

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