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(Anuradha (Anu), Senior Case Manager, Rockhampton Community Corrections, Queensland Corrective Services) For the past two and a half years, Anuradha (Anu) has been working with some of the most vulnerable people in our community through her work as a Senior Case Manager at Rockhampton Community Corrections. Every day Anu case manages high-risk supervised individuals in the community with the aim to reintegrate, educate and rehabilitate them, and to increase community safety by decreasing recidivism. Anu’s background is in Law, which she studied in Sri Lanka before migrating to Australia in ...

More than 1500 prisoners being held in jail far longer than Queensland legislation allows has been blamed on an influx of prisoners in the state’s correction centres.

Premium Content Subscriber only Convicted Childers Backpacker Hostel murderer and arsonist Robert Paul Long has had his bid for parole denied. Long learnt his fate on Tuesday after making his application for freedom last year. Last year marked 20 years since Long lit the fire which tore through the Palace Hostel in Childers, killing 15 backpackers including two Australians. After a 19-day trial in 2002, he was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of arson and sentenced to life in prison. He was then granted an extension to gather more material for the parole board until Janu...

THE estranged former partner of Childers backpacker murderer Robert Paul Long says she's relieved he was denied parole on Tuesday but won't rest easy until he's locked away forever. "He will do it again - he can't be let out," said Gold Coast resident Christine Campbell, 65. "It's always at the front of my mind and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it next time." A statement by the Parole Board Queensland confirmed it had "refused Robert Long's application for a parole order". "In accordance with section 193 (5A) of the Corrective Services Act 2006 the board decided he must not reapply ...

THE estranged former partner of Childers backpacker murderer Robert Paul Long says she's relieved he was denied parole on Tuesday but won't rest easy until he's locked away forever. "He will do it again - he can't be let out," said Gold Coast resident Christine Campbell, 65. "It's always at the front of my mind and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it next time." A statement by the Parole Board Queensland confirmed it had "refused Robert Long's application for a parole order". "In accordance with section 193 (5A) of the Corrective Services Act 2006 the board decided he must not reapply ...