A 66-year-old woman has been granted bail after she allegedly tried to snatch a hijab from a teenage girl at Bayside Park in Brisbane in February. Deborah Lee Jackson appeared at Wynnum Magistrates Court charged with common assault with a serious vilification or hate crime aggravation. Police allege she approached a group of teenage girls twice, and filmed footage allegedly shows her trying to grab a phone. The matter is due to return to court on December 7.
A 19-year-old man has been granted bail after appearing in Brisbane Magistrate's Court on hate crime charges. Harley Adams is accused of making racist insults and threats to blow up a Morningside unit block in the early hours of Monday. Police allege he wrongly believed a family had complained about him, which led to his eviction. Bail conditions require him to wear an electronic monitoring device, stay away from the complex and its residents, and report to police three times a week. The matter is adjourned to November 16.
A 19-year-old man has been charged over alleged hate-motivated threats against a family in Brisbane's inner east. Police say he made abusive remarks and threats at a Morningside home shortly after midnight on Monday. He was arrested without incident on Tuesday and charged with three counts of threats, serious vilification or hate crime. He was refused bail and is due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Queensland Police say they take allegations of hate-motivated offending seriously.
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Police have charged a 19-year-old Morningside man over alleged hate-motivated threats made against a family at a Morningside home. It is alleged that the man made abusive remarks and threats at about 12.30am on 19 October. Detectives from the Counter-Terrorism Investigation Group arrested him on 20 October at an accommodation in Spring Hill without incident. He faces three counts of threats, serious vilification or hate crime. He was refused bail and is due to appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 21 October.
A 66-year-old woman has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly trying to snatch a teenage girl's hijab at Manly, in Brisbane's bayside. The woman, from Lakeland in far north Queensland, is accused of twice verbally harassing a group of people on February 21 at Bayside Park. It is also alleged she tried to remove a hijab from a teenager in the group. On September 22, counter terrorism police searched a Manly property and charged her with common assault with a serious vilification or hate crime circumstance of aggravation.
Today, October 11, marks National Coming Out Day, which was first established in 1988 to challenge prejudice through visibility. The day was created by Robert Eichberg and activist Jean O'Leary, who believed that being seen could be politically powerful. Coming out looks different today, with legal gains for LGBTQIA+ Australians, but the writer says disclosure can still carry serious risks. The piece points to rising anti-LGBTIQA+ hate crimes in Victoria and anti-trans rhetoric and laws in parts of Australia, arguing that coming out remains a form of advocacy.
