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Michelle Margaret Cooke.

Real estate agent jailed after skimming $130,000 off trusts, tenants

Michelle Cooke was sentenced to more than four years in jail, having defrauded tenants of $15,000 in sham fees, and falsifying records to siphon off $116,376.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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A man’s body was found on Navua Street, Strathpine, shortly before 1am on Monday.

Mystery as police reveal dead man had no obvious signs of serious injury

“We have a number of witness versions, and they don’t clearly explain what brought about this death,” detective inspector Phil Hurst said.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis
A 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and torture after the alleged Sunday morning attack.

Man charged with attempted murder, torture of woman

Police allege the 32-year-old man attacked a woman, held her captive and tortured her at a home north-west of Brisbane on Sunday.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A woman has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run.

Woman fighting for life after alleged hit-and-run in Greenslopes

Police have urged the motorcycle rider to come forward.

  • Dominique Tassell
Dorothy Day House in Greenslopes was searched by police on Friday morning.

Police raid house showing ‘from the river to the sea’ banner outside

“There was a lot of fear … definitely I didn’t expect such extreme measures.”

  • William Davis
Dashcam footage of the stolen Isuzu truck travelling the wrong way on the Bruce Highway.

‘Vigilante’ charged over fatal highway crash after chasing suspected thief

One of two drivers charged over a horrific, head-on crash was chasing a suspected scrap-metal thief the wrong way along the Bruce Highway.

  • Marissa Calligeros
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The bodies of Kate Paterson (right) and her one-year-old daughter April (centre) were found inside a home in Belivah on Thursday.

Father charged with murder of his baby girl and partner

The alleged killer has regained consciousness after he was hit by a car, and is due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court via video link.

  • William Davis
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
Premier David Crisafulli said the state was “shining a spotlight on monsters”.

‘Shining a spotlight on monsters’: Two charged via public sex offender register

After more than 205,000 searches, community members have led police to nine reportable sex offenders who had contact with children.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Kate Paterson and her daughter April were remembered by their community.

Devastated community mourn slain teacher and her baby

“You wouldn’t think this could happen,” said one local who spoke to the family weeks before the incident.

  • Julius Dennis and Catherine Strohfeldt