<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A kitchen hand has been charged with attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to kill a waitress at a </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span> leagues club, hours after he was sacked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say 33-year-old Cameron Clark was fired from the Easts Leagues Club in Coorparoo around 2pm yesterday for inappropriate behaviour towards a 20-year-old colleague.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They allege he came back to the club just after 5pm with a carving knife, targeting and attacking the woman in a hallway.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/angus-taylor-liberal-party-leader-political-career-explainer/74c64efb-e06a-4d9b-b988-242a51b69bcc"><strong><span>Who is Angus Taylor? 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