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Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Yahoo
Woman, 40, charged with teen's murder
A woman has been charged with the murder of a teen after the pair were found together 'semi-conscious' at a home in suburban Brisbane. The 40-year-old woman and the 18-year-old man were found at a Marbura Court home in Daisy Hill - about 26km south of the city's CBD - at about 3pm on May 30. 'The 18-year-old man was transported to hospital, where he remained in an induced coma before passing away on June 4,' the Queensland Police Service (QPS) said in a statement. 'The woman was also transported to hospital, where she remained in an induced coma before recovering on June 1.' The woman and the man were known to each other, police have confirmed. Homicide detectives established a crime scene at the residence. The woman was initially charged with attempted murder, but the charge was upgraded to murder on Wednesday. The woman, from Daisy Hill, was due to appear at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Detective Senior Sergeant Daniel Cunningham said the investigation involved close collaboration between specialist units. 'This is an incredibly tragic case that has had a devastating impact on all involved,' he said. 'Our investigators have worked methodically to gather evidence and support the (alleged) victim's extended family through this complex and confronting investigation. 'Our thoughts are with the young man's loved ones and those in the community who continue to grieve this loss.'
News.com.au
23-07-2025
- News.com.au
Woman, 40, charged with murder of 18yo man at home in Daisy Hill, Queensland
A woman has been charged with the murder of a teen after the pair were found together 'semi-conscious' at a home in suburban Brisbane. The 40-year-old woman and the 18-year-old man were found at a Marbura Court home in Daisy Hill - about 26km south of the city's CBD - at about 3pm on May 30. 'The 18-year-old man was transported to hospital, where he remained in an induced coma before passing away on June 4,' the Queensland Police Service (QPS) said in a statement. 'The woman was also transported to hospital, where she remained in an induced coma before recovering on June 1.' The woman and the man were known to each other, police have confirmed. Homicide detectives established a crime scene at the residence. The woman was initially charged with attempted murder, but the charge was upgraded to murder on Wednesday. The woman, from Daisy Hill, was due to appear at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Detective Senior Sergeant Daniel Cunningham said the investigation involved close collaboration between specialist units. 'This is an incredibly tragic case that has had a devastating impact on all involved,' he said. 'Our investigators have worked methodically to gather evidence and support the (alleged) victim's extended family through this complex and confronting investigation. 'Our thoughts are with the young man's loved ones and those in the community who continue to grieve this loss.'
Sky News AU
22-07-2025
- Sky News AU
Police urge mum to come forward as new images released of three children including new-born baby missing from Gold Coast
Police have released images of three children including a new-born baby girl who have vanished along with their mother more than five days ago from Gold Coast, Queensland. As urgent searches continue for the family-of-four, police have uploaded new pictures of a missing 7-week-old baby girl and 41-year-old mother, Monique, who the children are known to and are believed to be with in New South Wales. Police first sounded the alarm on Friday after receiving initial reports of a 10-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy missing as they were last seen near Mirambeena Drive in Pimpama about 8.50am. They are both described as Caucasian, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police are seeking urgent assistance to locate these three children. Picture: QPS The images of the two children have also been made public. Monique is described as Caucasian, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. Police have also released an image of a white Nissan X-Trail, similar to the vehicle they are believed to be travelling in. "Monique is driving a white Nissan X-Trail with Queensland registration 992XPS and may be in the Tenterfield area in New South Wales," Queensland Police said in a statement. "Family and police are concerned for their welfare due to their young age. "Police are urging Monique to come forward." Anyone who may have sighted them or the vehicle has been urged to contact police.
The Guardian
19-07-2025
- The Guardian
Man shot dead by police in Townsville
The Queensland police service says officers have shot and killed a man in Townsville after they allege he moved towards them with a machete and a knife. Police were called to reports of a man armed with multiple weapons on The Strand and intersecting McKinley Street in Townsville's North Ward just before 10am on Saturday, the QPS said. Police said the man was shot in the chest and despite immediate medical attention was declared dead at the scene. The force said initial information indicated the man advanced towards police while armed before he was shot. Supt Chris Lawson said the man was armed with a machete and knife the officers arrived on the scene. 'As a result of the confrontation that occurred, that male person was shot,' Lawson told reporters on Saturday afternoon. 'He's now deceased, and Queensland police service are conducting investigations to establish exactly what has occurred.' The investigation by the force's Ethical Standards Command will be overseen by the state's Crime and Corruption Commission, police said. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Lawson said Queensland police training allowed officers to use lethal force if they feared death or grievous bodily harm, to themselves or someone else. 'Part of the ongoing investigation by the Ethical Standards Command will be to establish and ensure that that has occurred,' he said. Lawson said police were yet to notify the man's family. 'This matter today will obviously serve as a stark reminder that the job that the police do every day across our state is dangerous and on occasions we are called to use lethal force,' he said. Lawson said he could not disclose 'any of the particulars' of the incident 'because obviously it's still very raw'. He would not say which street the man was shot on, how many shots were fired, how many officers were involved, or whether they used a Taser before shooting him with a gun. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion Lawson said police were yet to determine the man's age and whether he was from Townsville. 'There's a lot of unknowns at this point,' he said. Last month, police said they shot a 17-year-old girl in the abdomen at a pub in Townsville's West End. Police said they were called to the hotel on Ingham Road just before 5.30pm on 10 June following reports a 17-year-old girl armed with a knife was making threats. Police alleged the teenager armed with the knife came at police. They said they immediately provided first aid and she was taken to hospital for treatment. She has reportedly been charged with assaulting a police officer. No officers or members of the public were physically injured during the incident, police said.
The Guardian
15-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Domestic violence case management not ‘core business' of police, Queensland's top cop says
Domestic violence case management is not the 'core business' of policing, and other agencies should take on greater roles in this, Queensland's acting police commissioner says. The Queensland police service on Tuesday released a 100-day review of its operations and structure, finding that the police have been the victim of 'significant mission creep', with officers increasingly tasked with non-core functions such as mental health response, domestic and family violence case management, and prisoner transport. At a press conference on Tuesday morning – before the report was made public – the acting police commissioner, Shane Chelepy, said the state had seen the 'fundamental role of policing changing to [addressing] societal issues'. 'If you look at domestic and family violence and mental health issues and other social issues, our role of policing has expanded into those societal and social issues. What this report says is that's very important, but police are not the ones who are trained to do that,' he said. Chelepy said the police force needed to better define where its role starts and stops. Asked if parts of the response to domestic violence or mental health crises were outside 'core business', he said that police would still attend callouts, but would seek a clearer referral process to other agencies 'once we've done our job and kept the community safe'. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email He said there should be a greater role for 'wraparound services to reduce that repeat calls for service that we see'. 'The reality is, police are there to do policing. We're there to keep the community safe … there's a time in that response where the best support to be provided to the member of the public is through a specialist of another organisation, not a police officer.' The police minister, Dan Purdie, a former cop, said shifting resources back to crime detection and prevention would help QPS 'refocus on their core priorities of fighting crime'. 'I look forward to working with the other ministers and those departments through cabinet, and likewise, to build better systems to help our police refocus their attention on fighting crime,' he said. 'We need to build that capacity.' Purdie said the government was already making investments in other agencies to pick up the slack. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion 'Whether it's child safety issues or mental health issues our police cannot arrest their way out of that problem,' he said. The government recently introduced legislation into parliament to reduce the paperwork burden on police responding to domestic violence incidents – which are widely understood to represent a large proportion of their time on duty. If passed the laws would permit police to issue an on-the-spot order to an alleged domestic violence offender, a proposal that some experts fear could put vulnerable women at greater risk of harm. Queensland police commissioned officers union president, Kerry Johnson, and Queensland police union president, Shane Prior, welcomed the findings of the report, at the Tuesday morning press conference. 'I want to see places like child safety actually doing a 24/7 roster, much like police do,' Prior said. 'I want the Department of Health to actually start dealing with this mental health issue that we've got in society and not be left at the feet of police. Things have got to change.' The report makes 65 recommendations. Chelepy said they include reducing the size of the police executive leadership team from 44 to 26 and a reduction of the senior executive. No jobs would be lost in the change, he said. In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Mental health support is available at Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on 1300 789 978. Other international helplines can be found via
