Ipswich man Bobby Weaver sentenced to life in jail after murdering neighbour and hiding remains in freezer

A Queensland man has been jailed for life for murdering his neighbour, dismembering his body and burying the remains in a freezer in the victim’s Ipswich backyard. In April, Bobby Andrew Weaver, 31, pleaded guilty to killing 58-year-old David Thornton, a long-term family friend, on an unknown date between January and March in 2019. Mr…

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Vacant and underused land to make way for housing in next phase of Queensland land activation program

The Queensland government has announced the next phase of its program to sell vacant and underused state-owned land to the private sector to deliver housing. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie launched the land activation program from a vacant six-hectare site in Brisbane’s north in February. On Monday morning, Mr Bleijie announced three developers would take ownership…

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Canberra court hears victim impact statements from daughter of woman murdered by partner, paramedics left ‘haunted’ by scene

The daughter of a woman brutally murdered by her partner in her Canberra home almost four years ago has told the ACT Supreme Court she still wonders whether she could have saved her mother. Warning: This story contains graphic details. Family and domestic violence support: Her mother’s killer, Adam James Britt, 40, pleaded guilty earlier…

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Liberty Bell Bay smelter given another reprieve, with workers keeping their jobs for now

Liberty Bell Bay has been given another reprieve, with administrators for the mothballed Tasmanian smelter continuing to engage with the consortium designated as its preferred buyer, the ABC understands. It was revealed on Friday that Adroit Capital had withdrawn from the consortium, with workers informed of a Monday deadline to secure a new source of…

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