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Cairns rape trial judge retires to consider verdict
By Rosanne Maloney and Conor Byrne
A judge has retired to consider whether a teenager who held a man at knifepoint during a home invasion in Cairns is guilty of raping the man's partner.
#Courts #JuvenileCrime #SexualOffences #RosanneMaloney #ConorByrne
Safety concern in remote community with police station unstaffed
By Rosanne Maloney
Residents near Laura, in southern Cape York Peninsula, say the understaffing of their police station has led to safety concerns, including for those at risk of domestic violence.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/vacancy-concerns-remote-laura-police-station/107273486
#Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #IndustrialRelations #RosanneMaloney
Teenager who raped girl, 14, jailed under 'adult time' laws
By Rosanne Maloney
The offender was 16 when he sexually assaulted the girl in her bed last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/queensland-teenager-jailed-for-raping-girl/107256604
Labor's working holiday visa policy risks regional seats, experts say
By Rosanne Maloney and Conor Byrne
Political experts say the immigration policy changes put Labor's regional MPs in a tight spot to represent their community and defend their party.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-03/labor-risks-seats-with-working-holiday-visa-policy/107222324
#MigrationPolicy #Backpacking #RegionalCommunities #AgriculturalWorkers #RosanneMaloney #ConorByrne
Working holiday visa changes driving backpackers away, employers say
By Rosanne Maloney, Conor Byrne, and Holly Richardson
Industry leaders say backpackers are already leaving sectors that are heavily reliant on them because of federal government's planned changes to the working holiday visa.
#MigrationPolicy #Holidays #RemoteWorking #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #TourismandLeisureIndustry #RosanneMaloney #ConorByrne #HollyRichardson
Fed-up crime victims have their say on 'breach bail, go to jail' laws
By Rosanne Maloney and Emily Anderson
Exhausted crime victims fill a small hall in the regional Queensland town of Mareeba, determined to have their voices heard on proposed tougher bail laws.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/breach-bail-go-to-jail-hearings-queensland-laws/107184514
#LegalProfession #YouthCrime #JuvenileCrime #CrimePrevention #Laws #RegionalCommunities #Police #ParliamentaryCommittees #RosanneMaloney #EmilyAnderson
Cairns man dedicates his life savings to helping local kids thrive
By Rosanne Maloney
After almost three decades working with at-risk young people through government departments, Rob Hodge found there were limits when working to change things.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/cairns-helping-young-people-with-cars-rob-hodge/106868994
#YouthCrime #ProgramsandInitiatives #CommunityOrganisations #CommunityEducation #YoungPeople #NGOs #CarEnthusiasm #RosanneMaloney
Regional businesses alarmed as Australia limits working holiday visas
By Katrina Beavan, Hannah Moon, and Rosanne Maloney
The tourism, hospitality and agriculture sectors in regional Queensland say changes to Australia's migration system, including introducing a ballot system for working holiday makers, will have devastating impacts.
#MigrationPolicy #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Horticulture #KatrinaBeavan #HannahMoon #RosanneMaloney
Iraqi-Australians behind 'promising' type 1 diabetes treatment research
By Rosanne Maloney
A Far North Queensland couple who started their research journey in Cairns are part of a team behind "promising" early research on a new type 1 diabetes treatment.
Third person charged over crash in allegedly stolen vehicle that killed boy
By Rosanne Maloney
A 22-year-old man has been charged over the death of a 12-year-old boy who was a passenger in an allegedly stolen vehicle that crashed in Far North Queensland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/third-person-charged-stratford-cairns-fatal-crash/107050368
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Courts #JuvenileCrime #Crime #RosanneMaloney
Cairns community light candles for crash victim Savannah Spence Paige
By Brendan Mounter, Rosanne Maloney, and Conor Byrne
Dozens of people gather to pay mourn crash victim Savannah Spence Paige at a gathering in Far North Queensland.
#CommunityandCulturalEvents #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Courts #Crime #BrendanMounter #RosanneMaloney #ConorByrne
Cairns police to push for murder charge over stolen car death
By Rosanne Maloney
Police prosecutors have told a court they intend to push for a man's charge over a fatal Far North Queensland crash to be upgraded from manslaughter to murder.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/cairns-stolen-car-death-court/107008762
#Courts #Crime #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Police #RosanneMaloney
Man charged with manslaughter over fatal crash in Cairns
By Conor Byrne, Rosanne Maloney, and Christopher Testa
Queensland police have laid five charges against Jake Edward Warn, 36, after a crash which killed a 25-year-old woman in northern Cairns.
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Police #Courts #ConorByrne #RosanneMaloney #ChristopherTesta