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Premium Content  Footage has emerged of the moment a Queensland police officer discouraged a colleague from breath testing an interstate officer after he flashed his ID and admitted to having drunk a couple of glasses of red . Retired Victorian police sergeant Kevin Perry was pulled over outside the Alexandra Headlands Surf Life Saving Club in 2016 after making an illegal U-turn. A Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing held late last year heard two young officers pulled Mr Perry over but radioed for help from another crew when he tried to convince them to let him walk home.
Kevin Anthony Perry was on holiday with his wife and kids on the Sunshine Coast
He allegedly performed an illegal U-turn and was pulled over by two officers
Perry said he had literally just come out of the pub and had drank two red wines
Perry allegedly flashed his police badge at the female uniformed officer Is there any way you can just let us park and I ll catch a cab home? he asked
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Subscriber only These photos reveal the extent of the building disaster that has beset the Hall family, forcing them to live in a caravan. Andrew Hall and his wife and three children have battled the Queensland Building and Construction Commission for two years, fighting a losing battle to get $450,000 spent to repair their home after a builder completely botched the job. Our dealings with the QBCC have been an absolute disaster, Mr Hall said. To us, it seemed like the goalposts kept getting moved regarding possible enforcement action - which should be clear cut under the Building Code.
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Subscriber only The latest casualty of the beleaguered Queensland Building and Construction Commission is a family of five, who have been forced to live in a caravan park for more than two years after a $450,000 renovation of their Logan home sparked a bitter dispute with their builder and the QBCC. Andrew and Lesley Hall, and their three children, aged between 10 and 14, are not only unable to live in their dream home but out of pocket by more than $150,000 in their dispute, which began in 2018. The couple, who are Christians, say they re praying for divine intervention after being fobbed off by Mr de Brenni, who apart from representing their electorate of Springwood is the relevant State Government Minister.
Daily Mercury readers have had their say on Mirani MP Stephen Andrew s claims the current weapons licensing system is demonising licensed firearm owners. In a question on notice in Queensland Parliament to Police Minister Mark Ryan, Mr Andrew said this compared to fewer than 120 cases for the whole of the preceding 11 years. Mirani MP Stephen Andrew. Picture: Melanie Whiting
Lesley N Nye Keegan: What a stupid thing for anyone to say, especially on the 25th anniversary of the massacre in Tasmania. The changes made because of that massacre are amply sufficient. We must remember the 35 people killed and the many other injured on that day and not let the likes of Stephen Andrews allow changes that could see it happen again.