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A 35-year-old man is due to face court today after allegedly exposing himself to teenage girls in locations across inner-Brisbane and Ipswich.Detectives arrested the man after reports of multiple indecent incidents, including when police say he exposed himself to two teenage girls in Newstead on September 9.He then allegedly repeated the act in the Springfield Central area on October 7.Between November 3 and November 6, he also allegedly committed several more wilful exposure offences in the Springfield Central area.The man was arrested in the Ipswich suburb of Deebing Heights, where he was charged with five counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16, wilful exposure, two counts of indecent acts and unlawful stalking.Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Martin said investigators were urging anyone with further information about the incidents or other similar interactions to come forward.“Crimes of this nature are disturbing, especially for persons so young, and our officers work tirelessly to ensure those responsible are brought to justice,” he said.Latest postsLatest postsIn case you missed it last week, get the cogs turning on this overcast Monday morning with our Brisbane Times quiz, from our resident quizmaster Nick Dent ...London: The BBC’s director-general and its chief executive of news have resigned after the White House accused the national broadcaster of spreading “fake news” in a 2024 documentary that included edited footage of US President Donald Trump.The shock resignations came on the eve of a parliamentary hearing to investigate how the BBC aired the Trump documentary, amid a growing row over claims of political bias on issues including the war in Gaza and trans rights.Director-general Tim Davie announced his departure on Sunday night in London (5am on Monday, AEST) after news emerged earlier in the day saying the national broadcaster was expected to apologise for the Trump documentary.“Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I have to take ultimate responsibility,” he said.The chief executive of BBC News, Deborah Turness, announced her departure moments later in an extraordinary development after days of conjecture about the responsibility for the edited video, which appeared in a documentary – Trump: A Second Chance? – shown on the BBC’s Panorama program.Read the full story here. Here is today’s cartoon on Elon Musk and his trillion-dollar pay deal ...Musk.Credit: Megan Herbert Advertisement A fisherman has captured a dingo snatching a baby shark from the shallows on K’Gari Island.The fisherman hooked the shark on the eastern side of the island, and was trying to release it when the dingo darted in.The dingo snatched the shark from the water, before running back to shore with it in its mouth.A 35-year-old man is due to face court today after allegedly exposing himself to teenage girls in locations across inner-Brisbane and Ipswich.Detectives arrested the man after reports of multiple indecent incidents, including when police say he exposed himself to two teenage girls in Newstead on September 9.He then allegedly repeated the act in the Springfield Central area on October 7.Between November 3 and November 6, he also allegedly committed several more wilful exposure offences in the Springfield Central area.The man was arrested in the Ipswich suburb of Deebing Heights, where he was charged with five counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16, wilful exposure, two counts of indecent acts and unlawful stalking.Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Martin said investigators were urging anyone with further information about the incidents or other similar interactions to come forward.“Crimes of this nature are disturbing, especially for persons so young, and our officers work tirelessly to ensure those responsible are brought to justice,” he said.After a showery weekend in Brisbane, the week kicks off with the forecast of an overcast day.We’re expecting a top of 26 and more showers are possible.Conditions are predicted to be much the same for much of the week, but more significant wet weather is not expected to set in until the weekend.Here’s the seven-day outlook: Advertisement Here’s what’s making news further afield:Legendary radio broadcaster John Laws has died aged 90. Nicknamed the “Golden Tonsils”, Laws worked in talkback radio for over 70 years and was known as a formidable interviewer of politicians of all persuasions. Laws’ family announced his death in a statement on Sunday night, saying the former broadcaster had remained in “good health and even better spirits right up until the last few weeks”.The Coalition is starting to creep up in the polls from a record low as rising anxiety over the cost of living has begun to drag on Labor’s post-election honeymoon. A fortnight of infighting and backbiting has barely moved the Coalition’s primary and two-party-preferred vote, and Labor’s economic management has come under heavier scrutiny.Tim Davie, centre, has resigned as director-general of the BBC.Credit: Getty ImagesThe BBC’s director-general and its chief executive of news have resigned after the White House accused the national broadcaster of spreading “fake news” in a 2024 documentary that included edited footage of US President Donald Trump. The shock resignations came on the eve of a parliamentary hearing to investigate how the BBC aired the Trump documentary.A high-ranking Home Affairs Department official has blown the whistle on what he says was corruption infecting the federal government’s offshore detention regime, alleging he was pressured to cover up suspected rorting and graft so Australia could keep using Nauru as a border security outpost.Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Monday, November 10. Today could bring a shower or two, with a top of 26 degrees.Here are this morning’s local headlines:Kristy Maree Horn often presented as the face of the empowerment studio.Credit: InstagramThe lights were dim, the screams of support were loud and dance classes were almost always sold out. But in recent weeks, a dance empire has crumbled, amid claims of unpaid work and emotional manipulation engulfing the close-knit circle.On Sunday, Premier David Crisafulli said the “cannoli diplomacy” would end between him and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. He accused Canberra of shirking its responsibilities around health funding and said the federal government was turning a blind eye to stranded patients.Queensland’s LNP state council has called on the Crisafulli government to abolish payroll tax by 2032, among a series of resolutions at a weekend party gathering – also including policies on transgender people and public broadcasting sell-offs.The state government has also been accused of failing to meaningfully respond to concerns from groups helping adopted Queenslanders reconnect with forcibly separated family.For 50 years, a Brisbane family kept a secret about events leading up to a cataclysmic moment in Australian politics. Now they have gone public.Gough Whitlam, Joh Bjelke-Petersen and the American interference that contributed to the Dismissal.Credit: Marija ErcegovacAnd as FrogID Week gets under way, Brisbane writer Andrew Stafford reveals a story almost too preposterous to believe, starring a group of uni students, an infamous state premier, a legendary Australian poet and an extinct frog that gave birth by vomiting its young.
