Revealed: How fatal US chopper crash is set to change Talisman Sabre
The inquiry into the helicopter crash that killed four Defence personnel in 2023 has triggered a new approach to Australia’s largest bilateral military exercise.
Police & Courts
On-duty tow truck driver sexually assaults customer’s wife
A Qld woman was expecting her husband’s car to be towed and dropped at their home but when the truck driver arrived things took a shocking turn.
‘Shovels, sticks, cops outnumbered’: Inside 120-strong mob brawl
Police responding to a nearby call-out suddenly found themselves under attack and in the middle of a volatile brawl between feuding families outside a Qld daycare centre.
Driver dies in car fire tragedy on CQ hwy
Emergency crews responded to the fatal car fire that closed a major highway.
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‘Top 1%’: From star mining apprentice to ‘flipping’ meth
A Qld miner, who was a standout apprentice for Hastings Deering, has had another meth-linked brush with the law.
‘Lifelong curse’: Army rifleman caught with cocaine in cop sting
When a former ADF rifleman was arrested as part of a wider Qld drug ring probe it led to an “uncommon” change for the better. VIDEO.
Fare evader threatens to ‘smash’ taxi driver’s head into steering wheel
A fare evader threatened to “smash” a taxi driver’s head into the steering wheel before doing a runner – but that wasn’t his only crime.
‘F*** off’: Second Bunnings thief who yelled at staff revealed
Two people stole $1700 worth of products from a Central Queensland Bunnings store, yelling “f*** off” to workers who chased them – now the second thief involved can be revealed.
Meth dealer caused $634k damage during Qld mine theft
A career criminal claims he is ‘100% rehabilitated’ after spending six months in an overcrowded prison, and needed to be released so he could help guide his teen grandson who had the ‘potential of becoming an NRL superstar’
Man suffers multiple injuries after trailer ‘rolls over him’
A man has suffered multiple injuries after a trailer reportedly rolled over him in Central Queensland on Sunday.
‘Rather go to jail’: ‘Appalling’ driver’s belligerent face-off with cops
A young Central Queensland father-to-be busted defying a driving ban told police he’d “rather go to f***ing jail” and an acting magistrate said: “Well he might get his wish.”
‘You are not very good’: Magistrate’s blunt warning to career crim
When a Central Queensland man with a 17-page criminal record faced court for his latest offences including a golf club break-in, an acting magistrate bluntly told him: “You are not very good, give it up.”
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