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Female prisoners flash breasts, gassed in Easter riots

A group of female prisoners had to be gassed after they began rioting over being reprimanded for flashing their breasts at...

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14th April 2020 4:04 PM

A group of female prisoners at Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre began a riot after being reprimanded for flashing their breasts at contractors. Photo: istock

CNN torn apart over ‘embarrassing’ caption

The internet has gone into meltdown over a CNN caption on a report showing a building fully engulfed in flames in a...

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28th Aug. 2020 10:08 AM

There is currently a curfew in place in Kenosha, which protesters are ignoring.

Town at flashpoint as pair charged with murder

Tensions are running high in a Cape York community after rioting sparked by a stabbing death. Two teens have been...

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03rd Jan. 2020 7:01 AM

What it’s like in town after riots, houses set on fire

After a horror period of rioting in which multiple houses were burned to the ground on New Year’s Day, police have given an...

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03rd Jan. 2020 11:01 AM

Aurukun has calmed down after the New Year’s Day riots. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Risk of ‘severe overcrowding’ after community riots

A small Cape York town is in danger of overcrowding as displaced people gather there after fleeing New Year’s Day riots in...

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09th Jan. 2020 2:01 PM

A small Cape York town is in danger of overcrowding as displaced people gather there after fleeing New Year’s Day riots in Aurukun.

‘We run this town, not you c…s’: Town tensions escalate

Police have flown in five extra officers after a mob of 40 stormed a house and firebombed a bedroom amid escalating...

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05th Feb. 2020 7:02 PM

Police have flown in five extra officers after a mob of 40 stormed a house and firebombed a bedroom amid escalating violence in a small community.

Dozens face court over Aurukun riot as police head north

Seven people appeared in court yesterday and are among 24 facing a riot charge over the second major incident of unrest to...

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03rd March 2020 9:03 AM

Teen charged after shocking juvi shopping centre brawl

Cairns shoppers were shocked to be confronted by up to 20 juveniles throwing rocks, wielding a knife and attacking security...

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03rd March 2020 9:03 AM

Wild protests erupt in America after George Floyd's death

Protesters clash with cops after video of horrific arrest showing officer kneeling on the neck of a man as he begged for...

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28th May 2020 11:05 AM

Wild protests erupted in Minneapolis on Wednesday after footage surfaced showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, who later died. Picture: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP

George Floyd killing rocks age-old race faultlines

The brutal killing of George Floyd has inflamed issues that tear at the heart of America, including the murder of Justine...

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01st June 2020 7:06 AM

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