Crime and Corruption Commission chair Alan MacSporran said Accountants, lawyers and real-estate agents are being lured to the “dark side” by organised crime bosses. 

MacSporran said yesterday in an interview that high profile charges in recent years against individuals of the kind should have been a deterrent but sadly there hasn’t been any change. 

The State Government is looking at a 39% increase in fines revenue from new traffic cameras designed to catch motorists illegally using mobile phones.

The predicted increase was partly driven by the introduction of new cameras last year that detected 15,000 people were illegally using a mobile phone during a trial. 

Upgrades on Samford’s John Scott Park will commence in September to include new pathways, picnic facilities and BMX mounds after the Federal Government awarded Moreton Bay Council $400,000 for the project.  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government is considering repatriation flights for Afghan translators and other staff who helped in Australia's mission in Afghanistan.

Hundreds of Afghans who worked for Australia have been urgently applying for protection visas to escape reprisal attacks from the resurgent Taliban, which considers those who worked with foreign forces traitors.

The English port city of Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites, making it only the third site to be removed from the prestigious list.

Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court last Wednesday to 4 counts of rape and 7 other sexual assault counts.

The plea for the disgraced movie producer came a day after Weinstein was extradited to California from New York, where he was serving a 23-year prison term.

A new national support group for grandparents separated from grandchildren through divorce has now become available. 

Newmarket Gardens, Brisbane's last inner-city caravan park will be shutting its doors in August after 64 years of operating just outside the CBD.