The Australian: Teen charged over hit-and-run death
A teenager has been charged with manslaughter over a fatal hit-and-run at Port Douglas, in far north Queensland. Police allege the 18-year-old Port Douglas man was driving the vehicle which hit and killed a 25-year-old female cyclist and injured a male pedestrian on Wharf St in Port Douglas [...]

Courier Mail: Woman killed in hit-and-run
Two people have died on Queensland’s roads, including a cyclist killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a four-wheel drive. The female cyclist, who was aged in her 20s, fell off her bicycle and was run over by the 1980s model Land Rover Discovery, as it drove off in Port [...]

Downtown Express: Trial of driver who killed cyclist is delayed
The trial of Eugenio Cidron, 27, charged with vehicular manslaughter and D.W.I. in the Dec. 1, 2006, death of cyclist Eric Ng, 22, on the West Side Highway bike path, has been postponed for the fifth time. On June 20, a N.Y. Supreme Court judge delayed [...]

The Age: Judge lashes MPs over low penalty
A Judge has criticised MPs for ignoring repeated calls to increase penalties for drivers who cause serious injury. Judge Thomas Wodak launched his broadside yesterday as he jailed a drink-driver who tried to cut off another motorist and slammed into a power pole, leaving his nine-year-old daughter [...]