Hail smashes Sunshine Coast as epic thunderstorm hits
Parts of the Sunshine Coast have been smashed by hail as a thunderstorm moves through the region, bringing an epic light show and grim clouds.
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Police launch crackdown on CBD crime after alarming images, videos
Police have started extra patrols in the Maryborough’s CBD following revelations of rooftop standoffs, screams in the night and assaults in the heritage-proud city. UPDATE
Brisbane road closed after two-truck crash
Police have closed a road near the busy Kingsford Smith Drive after a two-truck crash this morning with traffic diversions in place.
‘Hole that will never be filled’: Mum, 13yo son identified after horror crash
A mother and her boy, both killed in a Bruce Highway crash, have been identified as a father remains seriously hurt and their family grapples with “a pain no one should have to endure”. LATEST
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Man dead after motorcycle crash on major highway
Police are investigating the circumstances that led to loss of a young life in a motorcycle crash on the Bruce Highway and have called for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
Man rescued after being stuck in stormwater drain
Five fire and rescue crews have rescued a man who became stuck in a stormwater drain south of Brisbane.
Two seriously injured in horror D’Aguilar Hwy crash
A teenager has been airlifted to a Brisbane Hospital with a serious leg injury following a horror crash north of Caboolture that injured three.
Sleeping woman’s horror as deadly snake crawls into bed, bites her
A young woman has been airlifted to hospital after a deadly king brown snake crawled into her bed and bit her while she was sleeping in her rural Qld home.
‘I ran into wall of flames’: Hero backpacker drags sleeping man from house inferno
A hero backpacker has told how faced a collapsing ceiling and wall of flames as he raced into a burning home during an early morning fire south of Brisbane, dragging a sleeping man from the blaze. SEE THE VIDEO
Two hurt after cars plunge down embankment in head-on smash
Two people have been injured after a head-on crash caused one to plough into a tree with both cars ending down an embankment south of Brisbane this morning.
‘Systemic bullying, harassment’: Toxic firey culture crisis explodes as Premier forced to intervene
A toxic culture of ‘systemic contempt, bullying, harassment and discrimination’ within the QFES has exploded with an open letter to the Premier exposing the deep crisis. READ THE LETTER
Named: Woman charged with murder over stabbing death of elderly man
A Kamerunga woman charged with murder after an 80-year-old man, allegedly stabbed to death in Palm Cove, has had her matters mentioned in court.
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