An extraordinary military "leader who never stopped fighting for his men" is being remembered as one of the "most significant men of Australia's war history." Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith SG MC, who led his men through Australia's bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War, has died aged 90 on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. In January of the following year, then-Major Harry Smith …
Desperate parents are turning to private investigators to stop their kids from becoming young offenders as criminal lawyers warn Queensland is facing a youth crime "crisis". Key points: Investigators say they are increasingly tracking down runaway teenagers Lawyers say juvenile criminals almost always come from "significant disadvantage" "significant disadvantage" Queensland has the largest number of children in custody The increasing …
A helicopter swoops low, a bulldozer smashes through the undergrowth, hectares of weeds are being burnt and sprayed with weedkiller. "Gorse has always been a fairly major issue for us, over the years we’ve slowly controlled it on our arable areas, but the non-arable country has been a challenge because chemical control is our only option," Mr Atkinson says. "I …