A former used car salesman fined $1.2 million for repeatedly signing up poor, Indigenous people in far north Queensland to exorbitant loans is continuing to work as a pawn broker in Cairns.
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Campbell Newman's brother-in-law charged with fraud over alleged 'non-existent' investments
Police charge Sebastian ‘Seb’ Monsour, the brother-in-law of former Queensland premier Campbell Newman, as part of a long-running investigation into a $5 million investment fraud.
Asylum seeker family loses court bid to stay in Biloela
The Federal Circuit Court rejects a Tamil asylum seeker family’s appeal against deportation, a month after residents from their rural Queensland town pleaded for government intervention.
Dreamworld ride operator 'highly distressed' giving evidence at inquest
A young ride operator who was working at Dreamworld the day a malfunction killed four people is “highly distressed” after giving evidence, saying she “would have done everything I could have” to help the victims, a court hears.
Ancient Yazidis write a new history in their new Australian home
A city on Queensland’s Darling Downs sees a rise in new arrivals as an ancient people write a new history in regional Australia.
Broncos prop Lodge takes out loan to compensate victims of drunken assault
The Brisbane Broncos prop reaches a confidential settlement compensating the victims of his drunken rampage at a New York apartment building in 2015.
Boy suffers serious eye injury after school javelin mishap
A Sunshine Coast student is flown to hospital with a traumatic injury after being hit in the eye by a javelin while carrying it off an oval.
Woman wins 'landmark' court bid to have baby with dead partner's sperm
Described as a historic case, the Supreme Court in Brisbane grants a Toowoomba woman the right to use her dead boyfriend’s sperm to have a baby, after he took his own life in 2016.
'Giant water battery' gets conditional approval for $500m loan
A solar farm in far north Queensland receives conditional approval for a $500 million loan to build and integrate a pumped hydro storage facility to provide “reliable energy” to the country at peak demand.
As BOM declares a 50 per cent chance of El Nino this spring, should we be worried?
Autumn was warm and dry, winter is shaping up much the same, and now there’s twice the normal likelihood that we’ll get an El Nino in spring. Should we be worried?