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A mother of three who started using drugs about five years ago was spotted at a quarantine hotel behaving erratically.

Premium Content Subscriber only Questions have been raised surrounding a young woman’s relationship with a former Child Safety officer after the woman was charged for breaching a domestic violence order involving the 49-year-old man. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to three breaches of protection orders, two fail to provide identifying particulars and one fail to appear in court. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police were called to a motel on Gladstone Road at 1.15pm on February 20. He said the def...

Premium Content Subscriber only A woman who started using drugs when she was 14 after her mother died but recently quit using drugs while living with her father and stepmother was warned against moving interstate with a friend. Rebecca Dawn Hurley, 28, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to four counts of possessing a dangerous drug, two of possessing drug utensils and one of possessing a restricted item. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police searched a vehicle, suspected of being lived out of, at Cooee Bay on January 4 at 10.30pm. He said Hurley told ...

Book excerpt: ‘Enduring Freedom’ 3 hours ago "Enduring Freedom" by Trent Reedy and Jawad Arash. (Algonquin Young Readers) On September 11, 2001, the lives of two boys on opposite sides of the world are changed in an instant. Baheer, a studious Afghan teen, sees his family’s life turned upside down when they lose their livelihood as war rocks the country. A world away, Joe, a young American army private, has to put aside his dreams of becoming a journalist when he’s shipped out to Afghanistan. When Joe’s unit arrives in Baheer’s town, Baheer is wary of the Americans, but sees a...

Premium Content Subscriber only A man busted with $50 of marijuana claimed his friend asked him to purchase the illicit substance for them. Brian Kenneth Shaw, 30, pleaded guilty on April 22 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count each of possessing a dangerous drug and supplying a dangerous drug. Police prosecutor Sergeant Darrell Dalton said police intercepted Shaw and a female on Upper Dawson Road at 9pm on March 8 and detained them for a search. He said Shaw declared three grams of marijuana which he claimed he had purchased for a friend for $50. Sergeant Dalton said a further one g...