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Tayla holds a Bachelor of Media and Communication from Griffith university and is no stranger to News Corp having previously worked as an Editorial Assistant and Breaking Reporter with the Herald Sun. Her most recent role was a TV Reporter for WIN News in Queensland.

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QLD News

QPS officers at the Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane City, checking the speed of cyclists and Escooter riders on Saturday 5 November 2022. Picture: Jerad Williams

The confronting reality about e-scooters and your kids

Eight people have been killed and dozens critically injured – many of those children – in an alarming surge in e-scooter crashes across Queensland this year.

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Paramedics are assessing three people following a car and truck crash in the Mary Valley.

Woman, 80, dies in hospital after single-vehicle car park crash

An elderly woman has died in hospital of a medical episode after being involved in a serious single-vehicle crash north of Brisbane.

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Allegations of a âtoxicâ bullying culture at Lourdes Hill College have come to light following the tragic suicide of Ella Catley-Crawford.

Fuming teacher slams private school’s ‘slow’ response to Ella’s death

A teacher at an elite Brisbane girls’ school has unloaded on high-level staff and how they’ve handled the fallout of a student’s bullying death, claiming they won’t even call her by her name and haven’t appropriately dealt with the culprits.

Police & Courts

A man is fighting for life in hospital, after a freak accident at a Logan golf course. Photo: 9News

Elderly man critical after lawnmower flips on golf course

An elderly man was fighting for life after a freak workplace incident at a golf course south of Brisbane.

QLD News

Young woman smoking a cigarette in the dark. Copy space.

‘Zero tolerance’: Huge crackdown on illegal tobacco trade

As police crackdown on crimes linked to tobacco shops, Queensland Health revealed it has issued 460 fines totalling $5.5m since July 2023.

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The Queensland Fire Department's aerial photos of an out-of-control bushfire near Dirranbandi. Picture: Contributed

Dirranbandi residents allowed to return to homes after bushfire

Residents of the small town on the Queensland border are able to return to their homes after being forced to flee following a 1700-hectare bushfire that threatened to destroy properties.

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A severe thunderstorm over Goodna this evening.

SEQ smashed by 7cm hailstones, supercells

The weather bureau has cancelled a severe thunderstorm warning for giant hailstones, damaging winds and heavy rainfall that was issued for Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Redland.

Police & Courts