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Cloe Read

Cloe Read

Cloe Read is the crime and court reporter at Brisbane Times.

Balfour Irvine-owned BMI owns and operates transfer stations, a recycling unit and two major landfills.

Billionaire facing criminal charges following long-running land dispute

The charges come after a long-running feud between businesses in an industrial area on the banks of the Brisbane River.

  • James Hall and Cloe Read

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Claudean Uamaki Mu and Anthony Mu were contestants on cooking show My Kitchen Rules.

My Kitchen Rules star Anthony Mu found not guilty of assaults

Mu, who appeared on the Channel 7 cooking show alongside his partner Claudean, was found not guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm and common assault.

  • Ebony Cavallaro and Cloe Read
Blake Seers is accused of killing his partner Kate Paterson and their baby daughter.

‘Slowly getting better’: Father accused of killing baby, partner under guard in hospital

Blake Seers’ lawyer has spoken of the accused murderer’s condition as he remains in custody.

  • Cloe Read
Cyclone Narelle

Cyclone Narelle: Storm downgraded; makes landfall between Lockhart River and Cape Melville as towns evacuated along Queensland’s northern tip

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone makes landfall and hammers communities in Far North Queensland.

  • Dominique Tassell, Cloe Read, William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
A roof blown off a structure in Coen.

Damaging winds and heavy rain continue as Cyclone Narelle crosses cape

“Do not let stupidity shorten your life … driving into flood water can have fatal consequences.”

  • Cloe Read, William Davis and Dominique Tassell
Blake Seers (left) and partner Kate Paterson (right).

Father accused of killing baby, partner has mental disorder: lawyer

The man accused of killing his 11-month-old girl and his partner has a schizoaffective disorder, his lawyer has told a Brisbane court. 

  • Cloe Read
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Arjun Srinivas, a PhD candidate at QUT, died after he was hit on Kelvin Grove Road in 2024.

QUT student killed after driver ‘didn’t see red light for seven seconds’

The driver, also a student at the university, cried as her sentence was handed down in a packed courtroom.

  • Cloe Read
Chris Walker speaking to media in 2003.

Former NRL player granted bail after DV allegations, dramatic police pursuit

Former NRL and State of Origin player Chris Walker was allegedly on drugs when arrested over domestic violence allegations after a police pursuit that ended with him in a nearby canal, a court has heard.

  • Jiselle Manning and Cloe Read
The offender walked free from court on a suspended sentence last year.

He raped his sister then walked free. Now he will serve time behind bars

The man was given 72 hours to hand himself in before being thrown behind bars.

  • James Hall and Cloe Read
Kira and Igor Korolev, the accused Russian spies arrested in Brisbane.

Accused Russian spy couple back in court

The legal team for one half of the couple has argued that a nearly 300-page document does not effectively outline the case against their client.

  • Dominique Tassell and Cloe Read