The former Maroochydore State High School deputy had successfully won his appeal after initially being jailed. Now the second jury has returned a verdict.
She was jailed for five years for her role in a high-level drug syndicate pushing ice in the Whitsundays, but the Court of Appeal found this was too harsh.
Council planning staff and former CEO Michael Whittaker appeared at-odds over conditions for a rooftop bar in the Sekisui House Yaroomba Beach proposal just weeks before its approval. Internal emails released as part of a recent Sunshine Coast Council Right to Information disclosure of more than 3000 pages revealed differing opinions over the conditioning of usage for the rooftop aspect of the proposed hotel. On May 24, 2018, Mr Whittaker requested planning staff make some improvements to the presentation to be given at a workshop with councillors about a month before they voted to approve the controversial project 6-5 in a special council meeting.
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Subscriber only A man who was convicted at a Central Queensland court for having a sexual relationship with his stepdaughter will have a new trial ordered as an appeal has been granted by the Brisbane Supreme Court. The man, who has not been named due to sexual matter and child involvement in the case, was convicted in March 2020 at Emerald District Court. An appeal for this decision was submitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland, on the grounds there was an injustice in the jury and unsubstantiated evidences from two witnesses. According to the court documents, the man was convicted after a three-day trial for one count of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child, who was his stepdaughter, between 2011 and 2017.