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Mark FurlerQueensland Digital Editor

Mark Furler has been a journalist based on the Sunshine Coast for more than 35 years. He has overseen more than 30 websites and won numerous awards for excellence in digital journalism. Formerly editor in chief of the Sunshine Coast Daily, he was involved in three PANPA Newspaper of the Year wins.

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Rockhampton

Paramedics and rescue helicopter assessing two patients following a buggy rollover on Apis Creek Road, Duaringa, on December 22, 2023. Picture: RACQ CapRescue

Man, 18, killed in crash hours after woman airlifted in buggy rollover

A young man has died and a woman is fighting for life after a Bruce Highway car crash just hours after a buggy rollover in the same region.

UPDATEDRockhampton

Photos from RACQ Capricorn Rescue from the Bororen crash on the Bruce Highway on December 20 2023

Christmas miracle: Baby unscathed in horror crash involving seven people

One of the drivers in a horror head-on collision on the Bruce Highway is still fighting for life, while another driver’s condition has improved. Miraculously, a six month old baby was unscathed.

UPDATEDGympie

A woman has died and a man left seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Bruce Highway. The crash happened at Kanigan near Gympie.

‘Such a tragedy’: Horror photos reveal carnage of fatal highway crash

A Sunshine Coast woman has died and a Greenbank man is in an induced coma after a horror crash on the Bruce Highway leaving one family facing Christmas without their loved one. PICTURES

UPDATEDPolice & Courts

Dad ‘distraught’ as mum charged with murder after death of boy, 4, found in pool

The mother of a four-year-old boy found naked in a disused Queensland pool has faced court charged with his murder after the boy’s father was briefed by investigators. UPDATES, VIDEO

UPDATEDSunshine Coast

‘Can’t sit on sidelines any longer’: Why Rosanna Natoli wants to be mayor

Popular television presenter and long time journalist Rosanna Natoli has announced she will run for mayor of the Sunshine Coast while her husband Joe, a former mayor, will recontest his divisional seat. What do you think? VOTE IN OUR POLL

UPDATEDQLD News

The scene of the fatal crash on the Bruce Highway north of Apple Tree Creek near Maryborough where a 70-year-old man died after a head on collision. Photo: Carlie Walker / Fraser Coast Chronicle

‘Confronting’: Man, 70, killed in horror Bruce Highway crash

Police are investigating whether fatigue contributed to a horrific crash in which a man, 70, travelling with his wife, was killed on the Bruce Hwy. PHOTOS, VIDEO

OPINIONSunshine Coast

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating university policies. The tense atmosphere at many college campuses has increased as student groups, activists and others have protested both in support of Israel and Palestine Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Qld woman living in Israel speaks out as boyfriend fights Hamas

A Sunshine Coast woman, whose partner is fighting against Hamas terrorists, says she has been horrified by the hatred shown towards Israel, describing accusations of genocide as a cheap catchcry designed to inflame anti-Semitism.

VIDEOLifestyle

'Superspreader' singer Sean Feucht ridiculed Australiaâs Covid lockdowns during rallies on the Sunshine Coast.

WATCH: ‘Superspreader’ singer mocks ‘crazy’ Covid crackdowns

An Australian evangelist who hosted a US singer dubbed a ‘superspreader’ for defying Covid restrictions says churches need to stand up against future ‘draconian’ rulings which infringe on human rights. SEE THE VIDEO

OPINIONRegional News

Photos from the scene of a fatal head on crash on the Bruce Highway between Ingham and Cardwell on Friday afternoon. Two other people were left injured, one seriously. Photograph: Cameron Bates

Insane funding cuts will see more Queenslanders die on our roads

The decision to axe vital road and rail projects for Queensland is not only ludicrous, but dangerous. Make no mistake, people will die because of these decisions.

UpdatedEmergency Services

The dramatic moment two men are winched to safety from a plane crash. Photo: RACQ Lifeflight

The mystery men who survived 100km/h ocean ditch off Coast

They have one of Queensland’s great plane crash survival stories to tell yet little is known about the men who walked away from an incredible ocean plunge off the Sunshine Coast. Here’s what we do know now.

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