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Emergency services called to the shopping centre car park in Hope Island found a man with life-threatening injuriesA 25-year-old man has been taken into custody in relation to a fatal assault in a Gold Coast shopping centre car park.Emergency services were called to the car park along Santa Barbara Road in the suburb of Hope Island on Monday afternoon after reports a man had...

Queensland premier rejects opposition’s interpretation of numbers, as the total crime rate remains below mid-2000s levelsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland premier, Steven Miles, says crime is “not clearly worsening” after the release of new police data that showed significant spikes in assaults and domestic violence offending.The state opposition and several media reports have called the...

Two men, who have been denied bail, claim three boys were trespassing in Mareeba when they allegedly assaulted and handcuffed themA pair of alleged vigilantes have been charged with assaulting and handcuffing three boys they believed to be trespassing in an industrial area in Mareeba, near Cairns.A 36-year-old man and a 27-year-old man, both from Biboohra, have been denied police bail over the incident,...