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Facebook gives sick predators a free pass

Facebook has copped a grilling for dropping news from its Australian service but a lesser known issue could be the social...

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20th Feb. 2021 7:02 AM

Facebook has copped a grilling for dropping news from its Australian service but a lesser known issue could be the social media giant’s most damaging legacy.

‘Worst of worst’: Bruce Morcombe shocked by pedo’s release

The father of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe said he was stunned by the decision to release notorious pedophile Douglas...

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15th Dec. 2020 6:12 PM

The father of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe said he was stunned by the decision to release notorious pedophile Douglas Jackway.

‘We need a public sex register to protect kids’

As a community, we have a duty of care to protect every child. But how can we do that if the locations of convicted...

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12th Sept. 2020 10:09 AM

As a community, we have a duty of care to protect every child. But how can we do that if the locations of convicted paedophiles are secret, asks Bruce Morcombe.

ONE OF THE GREATS: Legendary editor earns QLD Day honour

Through her career, Nancy Bates took on the issues few dared to touch

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06th June 2020 1:06 PM

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD: Nancy Bates has been recognised as a Queensland Great. Photo: Cody Fox

Nancy joins Morcombes, Bennett and Lewis as Queensland Great

Former Chronicle editor in good company with new honour

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06th June 2020 6:06 AM

Bruce Morcombe OAM and Denise Morcombe OAM have been added to the list of Queensland Greats.

How people power could help keep a child rapist in jail

Bruce Morcombe weighs in on why a Queensland community's push is important in changing sentencing outcomes.

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07th Dec. 2019 9:12 AM

The sentence of a Mackay child rapist will be appealed.

What Bruce Morcombe would ask Daniel’s killer

16 years on, and Bruce believes Daniel’s murder has saved hundreds of other children from the same tragic fate.

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25th Oct. 2019 10:10 AM

School comeback for launch of Day for Daniel

Bruce Morcombe will today return to the school he attended as a student 50 years ago to officially launch Day for Daniel...

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23rd Oct. 2018 10:10 AM

Daniel Morcombe was abducted in December 2003.

Morcombes’ first brush with murder

IT SHOCKED a nation and devastated a family, but the abduction and murder of Daniel Morcombe wasn’t his father Bruce’s...

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14th Oct. 2018 1:10 PM

Bruce Morcombe (left) and his brother Perry with author Caylie Jeffery at the launch of her book Under the Lino yesterday. Picture: John Gass/AAP

Bruce Morcombe: Why is Daniel's inquest taking so long?

MORE than seven years after the investigation into the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe began, his family is still waiting...

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22nd Jan. 2018 4:01 AM

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