Shaun Coolwell died in hospital after being handcuffed and injected with the sedative midazolam
Queensland police and paramedics dealing with an Indigenous man during a violent, drug-induced episode failed to recognise the sudden deterioration of his health, a coroner has said.
Shaun Charles Coolwell died in hospital after being sedated and restrained in his sister’s Logan home, south of Brisbane, in October 2015.
Continue reading...‘Other than being a bit cold and a bit smelly he still had a full appetite,’ rescuer says
A miniature donkey has caused a stink after falling into a large septic tank, sparking a challenging rescue north of Brisbane.
Firefighters were called to a Morayfield property on Thursday night after its panicked owners called to say their donkey had tumbled into the concrete tank and was wedged firmly inside.
Continue reading...Mother is on trial in Brisbane after girls were allegedly taken from grandmother’s house and subjected to procedure
Two Queensland girls were playing outside their grandmother’s house in Somalia when they were allegedly taken away to have their genitals mutilated, a court has heard.
Their mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on trial in Brisbane district court.
Continue reading...Man allegedly claiming to have bomb is in custody after Queensland airport evacuated
A man is in police custody after allegedly claiming to have a bomb at Brisbane international airport.
He is accused of walking into the airport on Saturday holding a metal box with exposed wiring, the Courier-Mail reported. It is also believed a knife was produced.
Continue reading...Scott Morrison talks of his ancestor’s arrival on the continent, and defends celebration of Australia Day
• Hundreds attend first dawn service to be held on Australia Day
Scott Morrison has said 26 January 1788 was “pretty miserable” for his ancestor, in a speech defending the celebration of Australia Day, while tens of thousands of people joined Invasion Day marches around the country calling for the public holiday to be abolished.
Morrison told a citizenship ceremony in Canberra that his fifth great grandfather, William Roberts, arrived with the first fleet in a group that was “wretched, naked, filthy, dirty, lousy, and many of them utterly unable to stand, or even to stir hand or foot”.
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