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Madeline Grace is a journalist for the Sunshine Coast Daily covering court, crime, breaking news, business, human interest, health, and education across the region. She spent more than two years covering news for the Courier-Mail and Quest News in Brisbane and its surrounding suburbs. She got her start as a cadet journalist at the South Burnett Times in 2018.

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Sunshine Coast

Teen hit by motorcycle. Picture: Life Flight.

Teen boy on bike fighting for life after crashing with motorbike

Police are investigating after a teenage boy, riding a bicycle, was left fighting for his life after a crash with a young motorcyclist on the Sunshine Coast. DETAILS.

Sunshine Coast

Man runs from cops at Mooloolaba. Picture: Instagram.

WATCH: CCTV captures cop’s fall during coast foot pursuit

A man has been caught on camera running away from three policemen, leaving one on the ground and two behind in his dust. WATCH HERE.

PicturesSunshine Coast

Walker led police on a high-speed chase through Casino. Picture: supplied.

Busy road closed after car crashes into tree

Paramedics are assessing the driver of a car which crashed into a tree on Tuesday afternoon, leaving part of a large Sunshine Coast road closed.

Police & Courts

Lukas George Goller. Picture - Facebook/Maya Curtis.

‘Light in every room’: Family mourns ‘beloved’ crash victim

Friends and family are remembering the young man as a “devoted son, brother and friend” who was “always going out of (his) way to make everyone laugh and have a good time”.

UpdatedRoma

A police search is under way to locate Ashley Hicks after he reportedly jumped off the Beardmore Dam wall and did not resurface.

‘We just need to find him’: Mum’s fear for son missing in Qld dam

A drone will be brought into the search for a 45-year-old man who went missing after he reportedly jumped off a Queensland dam wall and failed to resurface. LATEST

Sunshine Coast

Booming business: What opened on the Sunshine Coast in 2024

From French-inspired cafes to beachside Italian restaurants and boutique hair salons, the Sunshine Coast welcomed a wide range of new businesses over the past 12 months.

UPDATEDQLD News

In this photo released by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs, Indonesian and Australian officials sign handover documents as five Australians who have spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking look on, prior to their return to Australia, in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs via AP)

Bali Nine mule with outstanding Qld warrant still in NT

Queensland police say they are “in contact” with Bali Nine mule Scott Rush’s legal team after he failed to join fellow drug smugglers on flights out of Darwin to their home states.

UpdatedSunshine Coast

The scene where a young girl, subject to an amber alert, was found safe and well.

Man’s alleged motivation for brazen kidnapping of daughter

The alleged reasons for a Sunshine Coast father’s brazen abduction of his daughter from a child safety facility have been revealed in court documents, including his stand off with police negotiators.

Fraser Coast

Richard Jacobi, 55, died after having his legs crushed in a workplace excavator incident at Owanyilla.

‘Beautiful man’: Dad killed in excavator incident identified

The community is mourning a much-loved father and husband killed in a workplace incident south of Maryborough.

Sunshine Coast

Tree falls on house. Picture - Facebook.

Wild weather brings tree down on family home

A massive tree has fallen and crushed a family home on the Sunshine Coast while they were inside – causing significant damage. DETAILS.

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