Former Master Builders Queensland tells inquiry he tried to take his own life after CFMEU intimidation

Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. The former boss of a peak building industry association has told an inquiry he tried to take his own life after a campaign of intimidation by Queensland’s Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), which included hoisting a coffin in a tree outside his office. Grant Galvin, who…

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Teenage boy rushed to hospital after alleged stabbing at Islamic College of Brisbane

A teenage boy has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a suspected stabbing at a Brisbane school. Emergency services were called to the Islamic College of Brisbane in Karawatha in Brisbane’s outer south just before midday after reports of an altercation between two students. A 17-year-old boy has been taken to Princess Alexandra…

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Peter Falconio’s body could be 70km from murder scene, former police officer says

After 25 years police are no closer to finding the body of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, but an expert in finding homicide victims believes he knows where the 28-year-old’s remains could be. Mr Falconio and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were road-tripping along the Northern Territory’s Stuart Highway when they were ambushed near Barrow Creek…

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