Motorcycle rider, 42, killed in highway crash horror
A Sunshine Coast man has been killed after his motorcycle left the road and crashed on the Bunya Highway at Murgon, continuing a disturbing trend in motorbike deaths in Queensland.
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Police investigate if hoons started massive Beerwah blaze
Police officers are investigating if hoons started a blaze on the Sunshine Coast, while the Queensland premier faces questioning over rural firefighter numbers. PHOTOS, VIDEO
Bombshell twist no one saw coming in ‘fatal snake bite’
The family of a Queensland man hailed a hero after removing a suspected eastern brown from his friend’s leg have revealed it wasn’t a snake bite that killed him. Now another theory of what may have happened has emerged.
Snake bite victim died in front of family at school function
A 69-year-old grandfather who died after he had removed a snake coiled around a friend’s ankle at a Queensland park was attending a school’s 100-year anniversary with family at the time.
‘Do you really want to die today?’: Why I want to scream at some drivers
A young driver overtakes me on a winding road with double white lines. I want to scream at him. Days later another driver, reportedly overtaking another, is killed near Rockhampton. I want to scream again but it is too late, writes Mark Furler
Photos reveal horror of double fatality after ‘poor decision’ by driver
Two men have died after a horrendous collision which saw one vehicle burst into flames in Central Queensland. Now police have revealed one driver appears to have made a fatal mistake. VIDEO, PICTURES
This is not a phone you need to buy. But it is fun
Just like a sunroof in a SUV or the joy of a convertible sports car, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is cool, fashionable, and surprisingly useful without even opening it. But should you buy one?
Sad end to desperate effort to save baby whale after shark attack
A baby whale, which appears to have been attack by a shark, beached itself on K’gari (Fraser Island) with desperate locals trying to save it by digging around it with shovels.
Truck driver killed on Bruce Highway ‘goat track’ stretch
A truck driver from Laidley has died and the Bruce Highway was closed for hours following a crash near Gladstone. The road has been slammed as a deadly ‘goat track’ by locals. SEE THE VIDEO, PHOTOS
Death in paradise: Whale lost despite frantic efforts of locals
A beautiful whale has died in a patch of Queensland’s paradise despite valiant efforts by Whitsunday locals to save it. Some of the community were left in tears at the majestic humpback’s passing.
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