Police directed to turn up to every DV call after horror slayings
Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Dismiss
Save
Normal text size
Advertisement
Queensland police must respond to every domestic violence incident in person under a new directive set by a taskforce reviewing police protocols.
An internal taskforce, spearheaded by Assistant Commissioner Brian Codd, was convened in the days after Doreen Langham perished in a house fire in February alongside her ex-partner, Gary Hely.
Doreen Langham is believed to have died in the unit fire at Browns Plains.
Credit:Facebook
In the weeks leading up to the suspected murder-suicide, Ms Langham had provided with a dossier of information about her ex-partner.
Morrison last to budge on targets
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has refused to strengthen Australia’s emissions targets at the Earth Day global climate summit, as the United States, Japan and Canada ramped up their 2030 commitments. In his speech, Morrison boasted that Australia had achieved a 36 per cent cut to domestic emissions from 2005 levels, although that excludes Australia’s gas export industry, with government figures indicating emissions have dropped less than 19 per cent. In his opening address, US President Joe Biden pledged a 50 to 52 per cent emissions cut below 2005 levels by the year 2030, warning that “this is the decisive decade” to tackle the climate crisis. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised his country s goal to a cut of 40 to 45 per cent by 2030 below 2005 levels, up from 30 per cent. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a 46 per cent cut from 2013 levels by 2030, up from 26 per cent. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro brought
Crime by Tiffany Bakker
Premium Content
Subscriber only The former US marine accused of killing his estranged wife, Queensland mum of three Kelly Wilkinson, filed for bankruptcy in the US and also faced minor legal issues in Ohio stemming from a petty theft charge and a speeding violation. US Federal records showed that Brian Johnston - originally from Creston, Ohio - and Wilkinson filed for bankruptcy in 2012 with the case not closed until 2018. State records also showed that Johnston pleaded guilty to a petty theft charge in 2005 for which he reportedly served no jail time and, in 2006, he was charged with a minor misdemeanour of speeding for which he was fined US$50 ($A64.91).
Crime by Tiffany Bakker
Premium Content
Subscriber only The former US marine accused of killing his estranged wife, Queensland mum of three Kelly Wilkinson, filed for bankruptcy in the US and also faced minor legal issues in Ohio stemming from a petty theft charge and a speeding violation. US Federal records showed that Brian Johnston - originally from Creston, Ohio - and Wilkinson filed for bankruptcy in 2012 with the case not closed until 2018. State records also showed that Johnston pleaded guilty to a petty theft charge in 2005 for which he reportedly served no jail time and, in 2006, he was charged with a minor misdemeanour of speeding for which he was fined US$50 ($A64.91).
Crime by Tiffany Bakker
Premium Content
Subscriber only The former US marine accused of killing his estranged wife, Queensland mum of three Kelly Wilkinson, filed for bankruptcy in the US and also faced minor legal issues in Ohio stemming from a petty theft charge and a speeding violation. US Federal records showed that Brian Johnston - originally from Creston, Ohio - and Wilkinson filed for bankruptcy in 2012 with the case not closed until 2018. State records also showed that Johnston pleaded guilty to a petty theft charge in 2005 for which he reportedly served no jail time and, in 2006, he was charged with a minor misdemeanour of speeding for which he was fined US$50 ($A64.91).