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A court date has been set for former NRL star Brett Dallas who is facing a string of 14 charges including allegedly possessing drugs and weapons.
Dallas appeared in Mackay Magistrates Court via videolink from prison on Friday to apply for bail.
Instead, Legal Aid Queensland solicitor Rosemary Varley requested Magistrate Damien Dwyer grant a date for a full hand-up committal. Former rugby league footballer Brett Dallas in Mackay. Picture: File.
Dallas was remanded to appear in court on January 7 for the committal.
The charges against Dallas include contravening orders, driving without a licence, stealing and offences in relation to his bail allegedly committed when he was on bail earlier this year.