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Premium Content   Nearly half of the men accused of a deadly gang attack on Brisbane's northside have been granted bail with lawyers for the young men calling the complex murder case "very weak". Abraham Ajang Yaak, 26, was one of 13 people accused of murdering 19-year-old Girum Mekonnen who was fatally stabbed during a brawl at a Zillmere park on September 13. This morning Mr Yaak became the sixth man to be released from custody after his barrister Geoffrey Gunn echoed claims made by other defence counsels that the "450 gigabyte" police brief was weak and could take three years to unwin...

Premium Content Subscriber only THE damage bill for the destructive hailstorms that swept through Ipswich on October 31 has exceeded $300 million, with insurance companies receiving more than 26,000 claims. Hail the size of cricket balls caused widespread damage to homes and vehicles across Rosewood, Thagoona, Willowbank, Springfield and Springfield Lakes. At Springfield Lakes, hundreds of homeowners watched helplessly as roof tiles were cracked apart by massive hail, causing internal water damage and complete ceiling collapse in many homes. Hundreds of families had no choice but to leave the...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Sunshine Coast-raised man involved in the Extinction Rebellion protests that have shut down Brisbane’s CBD says it’s a good thing people are being held up. Former Caloundra State High School student Jarrah Kershaw plans to disrupt the state’s capital again on Thursday afternoon as his two friends Eric Herbert, 21, and Wenzel Auch, 28, are held in a watch house over civil disruption on Monday. The young men are among hundreds of protesters who plan to continue holding up traffic in a bid to make change. “The ideal outcome is to have enou...