Opinion: Think thereâs more crime around? Youâd be right
Opinion by Terry Goldsworthy
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Subscriber only Another day, another crime, welcome to Queensland. The Queensland Crime report was released last week by the state government, some 10 months overdue. Perhaps it is little surprise that the government was not keen to share the latest crime data. Reported crime for 2019/20 increased by 2 per cent, the crime rate was up by 0.3 per cent. In fact, over the last nine years, the Queensland crime rate has risen 15.4 per cent. Compare this to Victoria which had a crime increase of only 9 per cent over a similar period.
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Police look interstate to domestic violence handling in wake of Kelly Wilkinson s alleged murder By Kimberley Bernard and Nicole Dyer © Provided by ABC NEWS Kelly Wilkinson contacted police several times in the weeks before she died. (Facebook)
Queensland Police have revealed Kelly Wilkinson contacted authorities over domestic violence concerns on at least two occasions and also spoke to an outreach group in the weeks before her alleged murder.
Despite this, police said they did not have any skerrick of an idea this would occur.
It comes as police look interstate at alternatives to police stations in a bid to encourage women and children to report domestic violence following the Arundel woman s death last week.
05:47 EDT, 26 April 2021
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A candlelit vigil held less than a kilometre from where Kelly Wilkinson died, allegedly at the hands of her former partner, heard that her death should be a line in the sand moment for changes to domestic violence laws.
Around one thousand people gathered on the Gold Coast Titans training ground at Parkwood on the northern Gold Coast on Monday night to pay silent tribute to the mother-of-three, who was found in the backyard of her Arundel home on the morning of April 20.
Attendees wore green - Kelly s favourite colour - and carried scented candles, gathering as the sun was setting and a full moon was rising on a cool Autumn evening on the Gold Coast.