Police told Kelly Wilkinson to ‘cool off’ and give estranged husband ‘a break’ days
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-police-kelly-wilkinson-turned-away-murder-inquest-ntwnfb
#QldPol #QldLaw
Deceased accused of “Cop shopping” in police file:
… among many other astounding problems identified in how Police handled Kelly Wilkinson’s case.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/03/kelly-wilkinson-murder-inquest-estranged-husband-bail-ntwnfb
#QldPol #QldGov #QldLaw #DomesticViolence
How the heck do you escalate a ‘Welfare check’ into a police shooting?
Is this like an RPG situations where the ‘flee’ command is greyed out for the officers?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-03/qld-tingalpa-fatal-police-shooting-brisbane-welfare-check/106410084
#QldPol #QldLaw #GamingMetaphor #PoliceAccountability #WelfareCheck #MentalHealth #PoliceNegotiation
Queensland Police under Crisafulli Government scraps specialist domestic violence unit
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-police-defends-scrapping-specialist-domestic-violence-team-20250214-p5lc92.html
#QldPol #QldLaw
Attempted incitement of a race-hate riot?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUFCyc0jQEn/?igsh=NXNrbjY3Nm0ydmM1
#QldPol #QldLaw #AusLaw
1,688 likes, 0 comments - abcnews_au on January 28, 2026: "March for Australia claims its Gold Coast organiser was bashed by a group of Middle Eastern men the day before Australia Day. But Queensland Police say none of those involved in the altercation were of Middle Eastern descent. Reporting by Maryanne Taouk #ABCNEWSVerify".
A legal challenge by conservation groups to stop one of Australia's largest proposed greenfield coal projects in Queensland's Bowen Basin has begun in the state's land court. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/land-court-challenge-whitehaven-coal-winchester-south-mine/105554356
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and Mackay Conservation Group (MCG) have lodged an application in the Land Court of Queensland, objecting to Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South open-cut coal mine.
Wonder what process exists to ensure that ‘Secret recordings’ are not AI deepfake?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/01/secret-recording-ben-roberts-smith-defamation-appeal-nine-ntwnfb
#AusLaw #QldLaw
‘Zero tolerance’, Queensland Police Service once proclaimed.
… it’s a very weird demonstration of ‘Zero tolerance’.
My sympathy and empathy for PTSD-in-service starts with ‘Everyone should feel safe to be able to disclose and be certain care and support will be provided during and post-employment.’
It ends when a person breaches the values and codes of conduct of the Public service.
PTSD is no excuse for breaches.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/14/queensland-police-officer-who-engaged-in-pattern-of-predatory-sexual-conduct-awarded-anonymity-by-tribunal-ntwnfb
#QldPol #QldGov #QldLaw
Exclusive: Former sergeant remains employed by Queensland police in a supervisory role despite ruling his behaviour toward three junior female colleagues was ‘a gross breach of trust’
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