The legal case of an 18-year-old teenager charged with murdering a Fraser Coast Uber driver faces delays of up to six months because of the huge backlog of DNA testing in Queensland.
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Subscriber only A heated argument between a North Burnett couple ended in court after a woman punched her partner in the face and threw a steel stormwater grate at him. Standing before Gayndah Magistrates Court, the 20-year-old defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to one count of contravening a domestic violence order created on November 12, 2020. Police prosecutor Sergeant Sonia Edwards said at 9pm on November 30, 2020, police were called to a property at Caboolture in relation to a disturbance. The (defendant) has stated the aggrieved has called her a filthy wh-re, Sergeant Edwards said. She s then punched the aggrieved in the chest and face.
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Men fined for lighting campfire on Fraser Island that burnt through half the World Heritage-listed island
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The fire has burned more than 87,000 hectares since being lit on October 14.
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Two men have been fined for illegally lighting a campfire on Fraser Island (K gari) which led to a major blaze that burnt through half of the World Heritage-listed island within two months.
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Liam Cheshire told the court he was deeply sorry and truly believed the fire had been extinguished
Magistrate Stephen Guttridge agreed the fire was not a case of arson
The bushfire burnt through 87,000 hectares of bushland on the World Heritage-listed island