Mum of baby burned in hot coffee attack at Brisbane park outraged at potential years-long wait for justice

Mum of baby burned in hot coffee attack at Brisbane park outraged at potential years-long wait for justice

Messages of support from around the world have inspired the parents of a baby badly burnt by boiling coffee in a random attack at a Brisbane park. But the nine-month-old’s mother is still “very angry” that she may have to wait years for justice after the alleged attacker fled the country. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: … Read more

Media still locked out after Queensland Government passes legislation allowing victims, families and media into Children’s Court

Media still locked out after Queensland Government passes legislation allowing victims, families and media into Children’s Court

7NEWS journalists have been denied access to certain Children’s Court proceedings only days after the Queensland Government officially passed laws opening it up to victims and accredited media organisations. The Miles Labor Government passed the new legislation, which went into effect on August 30, as part of a promise made by the premier earlier in … Read more

Man arrested on Pacific Mwy on Gold Coast after jumping from moving truck during cross-border chase

Man arrested on Pacific Mwy on Gold Coast after jumping from moving truck during cross-border chase

A man has been arrested on the side of a Gold Coast highway after police chased a truck from northern NSW. The high-vis-clad man jumped from the truck while it was still moving the Pacific Mwy about 2pm on Thursday. The man ran into scrub beside the busy road before a large number of police … Read more

Scammers use voice of Queensland Premier Steven Miles in new artificial intelligence investment con

Scammers use voice of Queensland Premier Steven Miles in new artificial intelligence investment con

Scammers are upping their game, and turning to artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to con innocent Australians out of money — and they’ve hijacked the Queensland premier to do so. However, when scammers sent out a text message from a social media account claiming to be Steven Miles to the premier’s long-time friend, marketing … Read more

Widow of Dave Masters issues statement as an alleged killer of Queensland police officer freed on bail

Widow of Dave Masters issues statement as an alleged killer of Queensland police officer freed on bail

The family of a Queensland police officer killed in an alleged hit-and-run fears they “may come into contact” with a woman charged over the incident after she was released on bail. Senior Constable David Masters died after being struck by a suspected stolen car on the Bruce Highway at Burpengary, north of Brisbane, about 3am … Read more

Boy, 16, caught allegedly breaking into Cairns police station

Boy, 16, caught allegedly breaking into Cairns police station

A boy wanted over the assault of an elderly man has been caught trying to break into a Queensland police station. The 16-year-old Cairns boy had evaded arrest since the March 18 incident, when he allegedly assaulted the elderly man in Manunda. On Monday, he allegedly jumped the fence of a compound at the Smithfield … Read more

Dramatic moment residents make citizen’s arrest of would-be car thief in Townsville, as locals call for change

Dramatic moment residents make citizen’s arrest of would-be car thief in Townsville, as locals call for change

Residents in Queensland’s north have been filmed making a citizen’s arrest, catching and pinning a would-be car thief to the ground. With the help of neighbours, Townsville residents Natalie and Zachary Bennett chased down the young man after he allegedly attempted to steal their car. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Would-be car thief caught by neighbours. … Read more

Woman to face Brisbane court over crash that seriously injured Greens MP Amy MacMahon

Woman to face Brisbane court over crash that seriously injured Greens MP Amy MacMahon

A woman has been served a notice to appear in court over a crash that seriously injured Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon. South Brisbane MP MacMahon remains in hospital after the two-car collision at a busy Brisbane intersection on February 12. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Moment Queensland MP is seriously injured in crash Stream your … Read more

Outpouring of grief for grandmother fatally stabbed in front of granddaughter at carpark of Town Square Redbank Plains

Outpouring of grief for grandmother fatally stabbed in front of granddaughter at carpark of Town Square Redbank Plains

Former employees of a Redbank Plains shopping centre, where a grandmother was fatally stabbed in the chest, told 7NEWS they have previously walked off the job over unsafe conditions. Vyleen White, 70, was returning to the car in the Town Square Redbank Plains underground carpark with her groceries and her six-year-old granddaughter when she was … Read more

Drunken alleged act on Hamilton Island prompts police plea to public not to ‘add pressure’ to emergency services during cyclone

Drunken alleged act on Hamilton Island prompts police plea to public not to ‘add pressure’ to emergency services during cyclone

A NSW man has been arrested after allegedly crashing a buggy on a popular Queensland resort island while drunk, prompting police to plead with the public not to put extra pressure on emergency services during tropical cyclone preparations. The 37-year-old Grasmere man crashed and flipped his buggy on One Tree Hill, Hamilton Island, about 10.30pm … Read more