A man accused of murdering his wife by staging a lawnmower accident in July 2024 will face a hearing into allegations he breached his bail curfew.Former Royal Australian Air Force pilot Robert John Crawford, 47, was not required to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court yesterday but family members of his alleged victim did attend. Crawford was listed to appear in person on Thursday but his solicitor, Andrew McGinness, appeared by phone instead for the brief mention.LoadingHe was granted bail in the Queensland Supreme Court in May after almost seven months in custody.In June, he was further charged with breach of bail and entered into a new bail undertaking.Court documents show he is alleged to have breached his 8pm to 8am curfew on June 13 when police knocked on his home’s door to check compliance.McGinness told magistrate Mark Howden that he was ready to proceed to a hearing on the breach-of-bail charge on Monday.“Depending up when it starts, it may be done in half a day,” McGinness said.Police prosecutor Anita Page told the magistrate she was seeking to have an officer give evidence by phone on that day. Howden ordered the breach-of-bail charge be listed for hearing on Monday.The murder charge is due to to be next heard on October 8 at Ipswich Magistrates Court for committal proceedings.Latest postsLatest postsCountry great Keith Urban plays Boondall tonight, tomorrow and Sunday, showcasing songs from his 12th and latest album, High.Sarah Kanowski and Richard Fidler are on stage in Conversations Live tonight and tomorrow at the Powerhouse, but unless you’ve got tickets already you’ll have to wait for another opportunity to put faces to the famous ABC voices.The Ekka only goes nine days, and the fireworks this Sunday night will mean it’ll all be over for another year.It’s a Brisbane Broncos double header tomorrow night at Suncorp Stadium. The NRLW Brisbane Broncos take on the Parramatta Eels at 3.15pm, followed by the men’s Broncos facing off against the Dolphins at 5.30pm.Vida Lahey’s Building the Bridge, a work from 1931 that will be on show at Under a Modern Sun.Credit: © QAGOMAUnder a Modern Sun opens at the Queensland Art Gallery tomorrow. This free exhibition of mid-20th century painting in Queensland offers a ravishing picture of the state as portrayed by artists working in the modernist style.Arriving tomorrow at the Westfield Mount Gravatt for just one month is the Disney Store Pop-Up, offering a curation of Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars merchandise.And the Australian Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty opens tomorrow for a one-week season at QPAC. With its Tchaikovsky score, eye-catching sets and choreography by David McAllister, this is ballet at its most lavish and accessible.Health Minister Mark Butler has denied US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s claim that there was “no heads-up” given regarding Australia’s commitment to recognising a Palestinian state.Huckabee told ABC’s 7.30 it was “frustrating” there was no communication between Australia and the US before Albanese’s announcement on Monday.“We would have expected that there would have been some heads-up. There wasn’t. This was done unilaterally. That was a disappointment,” he said.Minister for Health Mark Butler.Credit: Alex EllinghausenBut responding to the remarks on Seven’s Sunrise, Butler said there was a discussion between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, before the announcement.“There is a read-out from the State Department about that conversation,” he said.“[It] was published very soon after the conversation, which gives a sense about the conversation, which was not just about the situation in Israel and Gaza, but importantly about our own region, which at end of the day is the major focus of the relationship we have with our most important security partner.”Also speaking on Sunrise was Liberal senator Jane Hume, who said Australia had “departed from years of a strong alliance between Israel and America and Australia” by making the decision “unilaterally”. US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has called Australia’s decision to commit to recognising a Palestinian state “frustrating” and “disappointing”.Responding to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s announcement of the move, Huckabee told ABC’s 7.30 he had discussed the issue with US President Donald Trump and other officials and that there was “some disgust” at the decision.US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and US President Donald Trump.Credit: AP“There is an enormous level of disappointment, and some disgust … the result of this has been to completely halt any type of thoughtful negotiations going forward,” Huckabee said.“I think that the timing has been very hurtful to any prospects of negotiating [a] settlement in Gaza with Hamas.“They basically walked away. This is a gift to them. And it’s unfortunate.” Advertisement A man accused of murdering his wife by staging a lawnmower accident in July 2024 will face a hearing into allegations he breached his bail curfew.Former Royal Australian Air Force pilot Robert John Crawford, 47, was not required to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court yesterday but family members of his alleged victim did attend. Crawford was listed to appear in person on Thursday but his solicitor, Andrew McGinness, appeared by phone instead for the brief mention.LoadingHe was granted bail in the Queensland Supreme Court in May after almost seven months in custody.In June, he was further charged with breach of bail and entered into a new bail undertaking.Court documents show he is alleged to have breached his 8pm to 8am curfew on June 13 when police knocked on his home’s door to check compliance.McGinness told magistrate Mark Howden that he was ready to proceed to a hearing on the breach-of-bail charge on Monday.“Depending up when it starts, it may be done in half a day,” McGinness said.Police prosecutor Anita Page told the magistrate she was seeking to have an officer give evidence by phone on that day. Howden ordered the breach-of-bail charge be listed for hearing on Monday.The murder charge is due to to be next heard on October 8 at Ipswich Magistrates Court for committal proceedings.We’re set for a warmer day in Brisbane today than we’ve felt for the past week, with a top of 22 degrees forecast on a partly cloudy day.And the weekend is looking even more pleasant, as the bureau predicts a maximum temperature of 25 on a sunny Saturday, which should make for a bumper attendance at the Ekka.Here’s a glance at how the weather should pan out into next week:Here’s what’s making news further afield this morning:Australian children are flocking to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with 16 per cent of all six-year-old boys in the country now relying on it, as the government begins designing a new pathway to help families leave the rapidly growing $46 billion program.Government board members and leaders of Commonwealth agencies flying between Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne will be forced to endure economy seats despite the government insisting public servants be permitted to sit in business class.Researchers set up for fake teen “honeypot” profiles. Predators flocked to one.Credit: Marija Ercegovac/University College LondonSocial media accounts owned by 13-year-old girls amassed hundreds of messages from “suspicious” accounts in the span of a few weeks, receiving explicit images, sexual messages and requests for personal information.A major law firm is warning the Albanese government it risks court action after a damning finding that hundreds of people were illegally denied income support and dozens more had payments cancelled even after the problem was noticed.Trump was overdue for the Nobel Peace Prize, the White House has said.Credit: APA Norwegian politician is at the centre of a media storm over US President Donald Trump after reports the American leader made a surprise phone call to discuss tariffs – and then asked about winning the Nobel Peace Prize.And for years, there was no stopping the Danish drugmaker behind Ozempic. Then, suddenly, its fortunes took a turn. Advertisement Good morning, welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Friday, August 15. Today should be cloudy with a top temperature of 22 degrees.In this morning’s local headlines:The top 10 streets for parking fines have been revealed in new Brisbane City Council data, along with how AI is used to ping motorists.The Labor Opposition and former LNP premier Campbell Newman have raised questions for Premier David Crisafulli and Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie over why recruitment for the key chief health officer role was restarted after a candidate was dropped.Amber Rielly no longer works for Edge.Credit: A Current AffairAnother corporate childcare chain is under the spotlight after a series of disturbing incidents where children were harmed at two of its centres and parents were not notified. Amber Rielly, 31, was convicted at Caboolture Magistrates Court this week.A popular northside Brisbane pool is earmarked for a multimillion-dollar overhaul, with most facilities in line for upgrade or complete rebuild.The largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the east coast of Australia wants the federal government to force east coast producers shipping gas overseas to set some aside for local use.The 2025 Brisbane Writers Festival has announced its line-up, which includes actor-authors who starred in some of the most memorable movies of the 1980s. Sadly, the late David Stratton was also going to appear.And catch up on the week’s local, national and international news with our 10-question challenge.