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The primary reason for a commital hearing is for the magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial. So the alleged offender somehow knew this step could be skipped in the hope a jury will see it his way?? So he had to know there was enough evidence against him...

I'm thinking that the accused parents are bankrolling this case, and to save money, asked for the quickest way to deal with it all. Moo.

Of course not. Raced child to hospital immediately in both cases. As most people would.

There is a saying in Australia "I'd kill for a beer". Usually said on a hot day after working hard. Just saying...

Maybe doing due diligence

Qld tend to use the 'interfering with a corpse' a lot more than other states.

They surely do, especially on farms.

Yes

I know 2 families who accidentally killed their own child. One was run over; the other was fallen on. Kids aged 2 and 3. No charges laid. Deemed to be awful accidents.

I think shearing had finished

It saves all the witnesses having to tell their stories more than once. JLZ hits the nail on the head. It's much cheaper.

I don't really understand this thinking. It has always been my experience that major flood waters wash things away. Not flush them out to the surface. Anyway, I hope they find something soon. Justice needs to be done for this sweet little boy and his parents.

I believe it was Trisha and Tony's septic. Paul's place was behind and he didnt like the media filming his place.

We were out bush. But later when we moved to town, the dunny man would arrive weekly to empty the can. In town we had a door.

He could have gone through a preliminary court. That's where a magistrate hears all the witnesses etc and determines if there is enough evidence to move it to trial. In essence, everyone has to testify twice. Going straight to trial by jury has the benefit of noone hearing the evidence prior to...