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Date: 09 Feb 2012, Filed under: Court Appearances, Resisting Arrest, Anti-Social Laws, Indecent Assault, Murder, Sexual Offences, Drug Offences, Weapons, Assault & Battery, Robbery & Theft, Drink Driving, Speeding, Drug Driving, Traffic Matters

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have released their report Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2010-11 outlining the nature of criminal offences in ...

Qld Govt to change 'gay panic' defence

Date: 25 Jan 2012, Filed under: Court Appearances, Murder

Queensland Attorney-General, Paul Lucas, has announced that the State Government is set to change the Criminal Code to remove doubts about how and when...

Queensland gets tough on murderous ex-lovers

Date: 28 Mar 2011, Filed under: Anti-Social Laws, Murder, Renting & Leasing Property

Queensland Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Paul Lucas have announced that new laws targeting murderous ex-lovers, graveyard vandals and unfair landlords...

Articles matching Murder

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Date: 23 Nov 2011, Filed under: Court Appearances, Anti-Social Laws, Indecent Assault, Murder, Sexual Offences, Drug Offences, Weapons, Assault & Battery, Robbery & Theft, Arson

It’s probably not too controversial of a statement to make; that the law is filled with many confusing terms and that’s not even including Latin – which...

What constitutes the crime of murder? The basic elements of murder

Date: 01 Aug 2011, Filed under: Murder

There probably aren’t many criminal offences that attract more attention than murder, with the crime being both compelling, yet frightening. At its most...

Crime pays – Victim Compensation

Date: 25 Nov 2010, Filed under: Indecent Assault, Murder, Sexual Offences, Assault & Battery, AVO/Domestic Violence

Victims of violent crimes that cause personal injury, and victims' dependants, can apply to their State's relevant victim compensation tribunal for a compensation...