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Tara MikoSenior reporter

Tara Miko is a senior reporter with The Advertiser in Adelaide. She has previously worked in editing and news director roles in newsrooms across regional Queensland and the Northern Territory after graduating from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Journalism. She has a background in reporting on crime, politics, regional development and breaking news.

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Regional news

Police at the scene of a fatal crash at Southbrook.

Young man killed as ute rolls on country road

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a horror rollover which claimed the life of an 18-year-old Southbrook man.

Regional news

Highway closed, cattle trapped after fatal crash

A Darling Downs highway is blocked following a fatal crash between a cattle truck and a four-wheel-drive.

Regional news

Historic: Detectives at the scene of murder at the Pottri in 1986. Patrick McGrane, was17 years old when he was convicted of the rape and murder of his sister, 21. The offences happened on March 24, 1986, and McGrane was convicted on June 5, 1986. Negative reference: IY349. Published 27th March, 1986. Photo: Bruce Mackenzie / The Chronicle

Killer teens: Brother’s file marked ‘never be released’

He was 17 when he raped and murdered his 21-year-old sister, leaving her naked body on the bedroom floor of a southeast Queensland pottery shop. He’s been eligible for parole since 1999, but there’s a very clear reason why he hasn’t been released.

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A young boy has died in hospital after being struck by a car in East Toowoomba on Sunday.

TRAGEDY: Support for family after toddler dies in hospital

UPDATE, 1.20PM: SUPPORT has been offered to the heartbroken family of a little boy who died in hospital after a tragic accident in East Toowoomba on Sunday.

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Darling Downs Health chief executive Dr Peter Gillies talks to media about an assault on a Toowoomba Hospital Acute Mental Health Unit nurse, Monday, July 22, 2019.

NURSE ATTACK: ‘Nothing more we could have done’

A PRISONER has allegedly made a sickening attack on a nurse at a Queensland public hospital.

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Damage done to The Farmers Arms Tavern in Cabarlah by thieves on Sunday morning.

Audacious ATM heists across region ‘linked’

At least two of three recent brazen ATM heists, on the Darling Downs, in which chains have been used to drag machines from shop-fronts are linked.

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Constable Adam Grimley and Constable Brian Gretch test Zarraffas Coffee Newtown franchisee Damian Doyle. Thursday, 27th Jun, 2019.

How drivers can score a free coffee for safety

TOOWOOMBA Road Policing Unit and Zarraffa’s Coffee Newtown have partnered to reward good driver behaviour and promote safer roads.

Regional news

ToowoombaChamber of Commerce president Andrew Wielandt says the region will benefit greatly from the New Aclandcoal mine expansion.Photo Contributed

Pressure builds on State Govt to fast-track Downs coal mine

More than 1000 people have signed a petition pressuring the State Government to fast-track approving the expansion of the New Acland coal mine.

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Emergency services partner with IOR Petroleum and LifeFlight to deliver a Christmas road safety message, Thursday, December 21, 2017.

Rapid response saves life after double amputation

Shocked workers at a Queensland farm have been credited with saving the life of a man whose hands were severed in a shocking workplace accident.

Regional news

A GPS has been blamed for the death of a 16-year-old learner driver who was killed in a "freakish" rollover north-west of Toowoomba this morning. Picture: Kate McCormack

GPS blamed for teen’s death in ‘freakish’ crash

A GPS is being blamed for the death of a 16-year-old female learner driver who has been killed in a “freakish” single-vehicle rollover northwest of Brisbane this morning.

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