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Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?

Paul Keating never wrote a memoir. He has plenty of stories to tell, opinions to share and publishers who’d jump at the chance to help. Whenever the old feud between Keating and his predecessor Bob Hawke reignited, as it occasionally did, the latter wielded the prospect of a memoir like…

The Conversation · Aug 27

The Juzear Harrier earphones: Can ‘safe’ ever sound sexy?

At $330, this beautifully balanced IEM is a confident all-rounder aimed at the treble-sensitive.

Creative Bloq · Jan 2

Human rights experts and advocates alarmed as Queensland weighs fast return to public drunkenness laws

Reinstating offences goes against recommendation of 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2025

'Nowhere to hide', FIFO police targeting crime hotspots

A new Queensland Police operation using a fly-in-fly-out approach will deploy officers to high crime areas across the state in a bid to reduce repeat offending.

AAP · Mar 27, 2024

Stuck in limbo, Katarina Carroll was a scapegoat for Queensland’s anxieties over youth crime

Despite hand-wringing over youth crime, data shows domestic violence – which the outgoing police commissioner had hoped to tackle – is the real threat

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2024

Katarina Carroll stands down as Queensland police commissioner amid state’s heated youth crime debate

Carroll says she raised intentions with police minister early due to ‘heightened speculation and commentary’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2024

Queensland to crack down on public knife possession after fatal stabbing of Vyleen White

Laws prohibiting sale of knives to minors will also be fast-tracked as government considers expanding police search powers

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2024

Ban on knife sales to be brought forward by Qld govt

A ban on knife sales to minors will be brought forward by the Queensland government after the state's police commissioner addressed cabinet.

AAP · Feb 12, 2024

Queensland’s youth crime response is fuelled by fear and anger, not facts

As the fatal stabbing of Vyleen White stokes debate, the Queensland government appears to have run out of politically viable kneejerk responses

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024

Boy out on bail when grandmother fatally stabbed

The Queensland government has issued a plea to magistrates after it was revealed a boy was out on bail when he allegedly stabbed a grandmother in a car park.

AAP · Feb 7, 2024