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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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UPDATEDPolice & Courts

Firefighters were confronted by a home and five sheds on fire on an isolated property at Winfield, north of Bundaberg, and explosions during a dramatic night which saw four of the emergency workers assessed for heat exhaustion.

Police investigations continue into ‘suspicious’ blaze, explosions

Police declared a crime scene at the site of a powerful fire suspected of being deliberately lit. PHOTOS, VIDEO

UPDATEDToowoomba

A person has died after a truck and vehicle collided on the Brisbane Valley Highway south of Fernvale. Photo: 7 News

‘Like a bomb went off’: Motorist dies after truck, car collide

A major Brisbane Valley highway has been closed and a rescue chopper was called in after a vehicle and truck collided, with one person killed.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

Fatal crash victim Tiege Close, 20, died when the stolen vehicle he was driving collided with a B-Double on the Bruce Highway at Bloomsbury.

‘Carnage’: Police plea on car thieves after man, 20, dies in horror head-on

Police are begging family and friends of those stealing cars to ‘stage interventions’ after the tragic death of a 20-year-old in a horror Bruce Highway crash involving a prime mover.

Police & Courts

Conor Bryant, 26, of Mackay, pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a woman, then 24, at Airlie Beach on October 9, 2021.

Panic attacks, wedding fear: Airlie Beach sex assault victim’s pain

The victim of an Airlie Beach sexual assault by a former Queensland country cricket player says her life changed forever after she was violated while sleeping. See her powerful statement and his response.

UPDATEDNews

Girl, 1, among three killed in two horror truck crashes

Police have confirmed a one-year-old girl was among a family of three from Roma killed in one of two separate collisions involving trucks on the Warrego Highway just outside of Toowoomba.

UPDATEDSunshine Coast

‘Couldn’t believe it’: Famous $15m Christmas lights church gutted by fire

A Sunshine Coast church famous with thousands of families for its annual Christmas display has vowed to rebuild from the ashes after a devastating fire. The pastor has told of his disbelief when a neighbour called. NEW VIDEOS, PICS

Sunshine Coast

Egan Mastin in action in his glory days as an Australian motocross champion. Photos: Instagram

Motocross champion caught with loaded gun in pants, explosives

An Australian Motocross Champion determined to pursue his promising career has faced court for unlawful possession of a weapon and explosives while in a drug-induced state at a Queensland hinterland property.

UPDATEDPolice & Courts

Scenes from Tara on Wednesday afternoon after reports of an active shooter.

Brothers among four teen boys in Tara lockdown where 8 to 9 shots fired

Four teenage boys who allegedly caused the shutdown of a Western Downs town where at least eight shots were fired were known to police and two are refusing to co-operate with investigators.

UPDATEDMackay

Heroes help flood-cut woman give birth as rainfall records smashed

Roads and bridges have been destroyed, a man died in a crash, and a pregnant woman cut off by floodwaters gave birth after a SOS call after a metre of rain fell in just seven days in parts of Queensland. LATEST PICTURES, VIDEOS

UpdatedMackay

500mm on way: Evacuations, rescues, mudslides as big wet cuts highway, shuts airport

An emergency alert to watch and prepare for floodwaters was issued late on Monday night for residents living in the Mackay region amid rescues, mudslides and cut highways as the locale faces more torrential rain. NEW VIDEO, PICS

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