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An ambulance leaves Choice Homes Oval, Oxenford on the Gold Coast after a man was struck in the head by a cricket ball at the T20 final on September 29, 2024.

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Elderly pedestrian fighting for life after being hit by car

A 68-year-old man was fighting for life after being hit by a vehicle north of Brisbane on Tuesday morning.

A photo taken by Mal Dodt of the Mary River at Kidd Bridge at 6am on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Mary River 7.3m and rising as flood warning extended to Miva

Minor flooding of the Mary River downstream of Gympie is expected today as it heads towards its expected peak following a weekend of heavy rain in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

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Flash flooding has closed dozens of roads across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Picture, John Gass

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Full list: Every road closed by flooding

Dozens of roads across South East Queensland are closed after torrential rain in the aftermath of ex-Tropcial Cyclone Alfred. Here is the full list.

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‘Very quick, very hard’: How Alfred took Hervey Bay by surprise

Hervey Bay residents were left wondering how did this happen? More than 1400 homes were without power and 1600 properties flooded in a freak weather event nobody saw coming. PHOTOS, VIDEO

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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.

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Scene of a horror crash at Lawnton

E-scooter rider critically injured, major road closed in horror crash

A man is fighting for life after a serious crash between a car and an e-scooter shut both lanes of a major road in the Moreton Bay region on Friday night.

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Val Wegner's home was inundated with flood water during the 2023 FNQ floods after Cyclone Jasper. Photo: Dylan Nicholson

Explained: What you need to do in an ‘insurance catastrophe’

The Insurance Council of Australia has declared an Insurance Catastrophe in the wake of Cyclone Jasper. This is what you need to do if you find yourself in a disaster zone.

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Emergency crews at the scene of a crash in Gympie. Photo: Scott Kovacevic

One trapped in crash at busy Bruce Hwy intersection

A woman has been trapped in the wreckage of her car after a crash on the Bruce Highway just outside a fast food restaurant. It follows a fatal crash in the same region overnight.

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Woman injured after tree falls on parked car in tourist hotspot

A woman has been taken to hospital after a bizarre incident in the Whitsundays where a tree as fallen on a parked car. DETAILS

Australiaâs peak motoring body has revealed the best times drivers should hit the Hwy across the holiday break.

Expert reveals best times to beat Bruce Hwy holiday gridlock

Queensland’s peak motoring body has revealed the best times drivers should hit the highway across the holiday break.

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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

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Emergency services on the scene near to the waterhole where a teenage boy failed to resurface. Picture: Rose Innes

Teenage boy dies in holiday waterhole tragedy

A search and rescue at Kholo Creek in Mount Crosby has ended in tragedy after a teenage boy failed to resurface from a popular waterhole.

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Australian Army personnel carry supplies off a cargo plane at Cooktown Airport. The entire community of Wujal Wujal has been evacuated following the flood emergency, with the majority of the town staying at the Cooktown PCYC, which is set up as an evacuation centre by the Australian Red Cross. Picture: Brendan Radke

Flood looters on notice as taskforce mobilised

An anti-looting taskforce has been set up by police to combat crime in the flood-stricken Far North in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

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A house has been destroyed by fire in Ipswich

‘Explosive bang, orange hue’: Ipswich house erupts in flames

A man in his 60s has been left injured after a ferocious house fire, neighbours say started with an explosive bang, southwest of Brisbane on Wednesday night.

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