'Murdered' Queensland mum's home pops up on Airbnb as 'absolute bush paradise'
The belongings of Frances Crawford, who police say was murdered, were cleared from her home in the weeks after her death, before her husband advertised it on Airbnb.
Cindy Wockner is a senior reporter at the ABC based in the Southern Queensland newsroom in Toowoomba. She has previously served as the network investigations editor at News Corporation newspapers in Australia and has worked as a foreign correspondent. Cindy has co-authored three books: The Pastor and the Painter, Bali 9 and Evil in the Suburbs. She spent three decades covering crime, conflict, and legal affairs, and for seven years she was based in Indonesia, covering terrorist attacks, natural disasters and crime. She also spent two years reporting from Nigeria. She says she is passionate about highlighting injustices in Australia and overseas.
The belongings of Frances Crawford, who police say was murdered, were cleared from her home in the weeks after her death, before her husband advertised it on Airbnb.
As large parts of Queensland brace for bushfire season, a state government review has been told woefully inadequate phone service in some regional areas poses a "direct threat to public safety".
Amy Ballinger hates to think of the consequences if the persecution she suffered had followed her home. As her own children start school she wants them banned from social media until they're 16.
The family of 61-year-old Dale Cook say they are "devastated" by his disappearance, as police on foot with dogs resume their search of dense bushland nearby.
The helicopter pilot who was killed after crashing into the roof of a Cairns hotel moved to Queensland in April, declaring on social media he was "excited to see what this adventure brings".
Officers are appealing for information as they try to understand how psychologist Frances Crawford, 49, died at her Queensland property.
Court hears from the alleged leader of religious group and first responder, who says Elizabeth's father was "calm and collected" after the eight-year-old's death.
Members of a religious group charged over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs spent a day and a half praying and singing over her dead body in the hope she would be raised from the dead by God, a Supreme Court trial has heard.
The court heard the eight-year-old was left in the care of three members of a religious congregation of which the parents were also members.
A Brisbane courtroom has been modified to accommodate the large number of defendants being tried together, which includes the parents of Elizabeth Struhs, who died after she allegedly had her insulin medication withheld for days.
The 29-year-old faces two counts of rape, alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021.
Nuclear reactors, if they are built, will be in the backyards of farmers such as Darren Jensen. He's thrilled by the prospect, but not everyone in town is.
The complainant testified via video link from a remote location, with the court ordering Mr Lehrmann be obscured from the woman's view during her evidence.
It's been a year-and-a-half since the charges first came before the courts. Monday will be the first time he has had to appear in person.
It is alleged a group of six men and eight women, which included her parents, prayed to God to heal eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, rather than seeking medical attention and held a belief that "God would heal".
A federal minister says a bailout for airline Bonza is "not something that the government has before us" after the carrier went into voluntary administration.
The sister of a man whose schizophrenia diagnosis has been part of her family's life for 30 years says the mental health system, as she has experienced it, is non-existent.
A month ago, Joel Cauchi's parents were relieved to see a text message showing him enjoying life at the beach. Next time they saw him it was on national television as he attacked people in a Sydney shopping centre.
The parents of Joel Cauchi describe their son as tormented after he killed six people and wounded several others at Bondi Junction on the weekend.
New data reveals the worst states and territories in Australia for car thefts, home invasions and other crimes during the last financial year.
A Queensland woman says she has become "strong, resilient and powerful" and is proud of herself for fighting against the man who sexually abused her, as he is jailed for 10 years.
A man who police allege sexually assaulted a woman after picking her up in Toowoomba's CBD at the weekend has cried in court after being refused bail.
Toowoomba resident Ian Frank Bartholomew has avoided time behind bars after pleading guilty to a lengthy stalking campaign that left his victim feeling like a prisoner in her own home.
The man, who the court heard considered himself "the worst kind of feral pig there is", started abusing his daughter when she was aged four. She was 15 when it ended.
Australia's capital-city dwellers are fleeing their home towns at a rate not seen since states still had COVID restrictions in place, and Queensland's beachside centres are proving the most attractive.