A man died in custody at Brisbane’s metropolitan watchhouse, generating intense scrutiny. Queensland Police have withheld the cause or the man’s identity. The watchhouse death was covered by the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Courier Mail. Separately, video footage captured Brisbane officers carrying out a specialist counter-terrorism training session.
In Cairns, police took in a man after a chase that went after car theft suspects. In Townsville, another man appeared on charges for allegedly having copper wire and drugs. ABC North Queensland detailed an unrelated hospital error in which a wrongful death notification was sent to a woman’s family.