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Maddie Manwaring is a journalist for the Queensland Times with a focus on covering court and crime.

The incident occurred at the Gympie police watchhouse after the man became aggressive

Gympie’s Marlene Owen was recognised for her extensive volunteer work in the community

The Goomboorian man destroyed the hats following a fight with the woman over her going to a rodeo with some friends

CCTV footage shows father-of-three approach Rainbow Beach machine and talk to it, then kick and punch it

Surveillance cameras in the Amamoor State Forest were his undoing

A man who ‘blacked out’ after drinking almost a litre of Wild Turkey told the Gympie court he didn’t remember punching a police officer

The 38-year-old mother of three was asked to move on after doing the splits and blocking the entrance

The Widgee man was convicted of seven offences, including marijuana possession and production, and possession of illegal weapons

A Mothar Mountain man caught growing his own marijuana stash said he used it as pain relief after his body was badly burned in an accident.

The 32-year-old Cedar Pocket woman told the Gympie court she did not believe in normal medicine and did not feel smoking marijuana was a crime