Jessica Black

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Dan Purdie rules out increasing police presence in Queensland schools after stabbings

By: Jessica-Black

Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 3:36am Queensland's police minister has ruled out putting more officers in schools after two stabbings in as many days.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Brisbane teen accused of 'premeditated' stabbing attack on fellow student

By: Jessica-Black, Josh-Mcintosh

Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 3:36am A Brisbane teenager accused of stabbing a fellow student allegedly armed himself before the "premeditated" attack, a court has heard.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Mother and a family friend killed in housefire in Kingston south of Brisbane

By: Jessica-Black

Wed 22 Jul 2026 at 1:18am A man who escaped a fatal house fire south of Brisbane says he should have died with his wife of 42 years.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Queensland nightlife tsar John Collins recommends liquor law overhaul

By: Jessica Black, Alex Brewster

Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 2:15am The Queensland government has already ruled out a recommendation made by its night-life tsar to change holiday trading hours for licensed venues.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Queensland government 'actively pursuing' allowing police to collect child suspects' DNA

By: Jessica-Black

Mon 3 Aug 2026 at 6:12am The Queensland government says it is "actively pursuing" allowing police to collect a child suspect's DNA without a court order.

MSN

Queensland government considering union push to allow police to collect child suspects' DNA

By: Jessica Black, Laura Lavelle

Jessica Black and state political reporter Laura Lavelle The Queensland government says it is considering a push by the police union to allow officers to collect a child suspect's DNA without a court order.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Cost of building a home rise by almost 30 per cent in five years, Insurance Council of Australia finds

By: Jessica-Black

Between 2022 and 2026, insurers received 400,000 claims to repair or rebuild homes damaged in declared events.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Housing downturn ends record profit run for sellers

By: Jessica Black, Claudia Williams

The national median profit has dropped to $371,000, as a softening housing market hits home prices.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

National resale profits down but Brisbane still top with $525k median gain

By: Claudia-Williams, Jessica-Black

Nationally, sellers made a median $371,000, with 95.4 per cent of the 94,000 resales analysed by Cotality returning a profit. ABC News: Liz Pickering

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Brisbane City Council to pay out $675k 17 years after 'horrific' bike accident

By: Jessica Black, Ned Hammond

A Brisbane cyclist whose eye was "obliterated" when he fell and impaled it on a temporary council fence has won a $675,000 negligence pay out.