Named: 9 drink or drug drivers sentenced in Gladstone
A meth-using truck driver and a hotel manager are among the latest traffic offenders to face Gladstone court. FULL LIST.
Police & Courts
Qld’s deadliest stretch of the Bruce Highway revealed
The same stretch of road which where a former medic’s valiant attempt to save the life of a woman after her vehicle plunged off a bridge has been named the deadliest in Queensland. SPECIAL REPORT
‘Serious and disturbing’: Mum’s threat to kill 6yo daughter before violent assault
A Central Queensland mum threatened to kill her six-year-old daughter before unleashing a violent assault on the little girl which included biting her nose.
‘Blood all over his face’: Boyfriends in street fight during peak-hour traffic
Witnesses were “terrified” by a violent street fight between a male couple in peak-hour Central Queensland traffic, as they saw one of the men with his shirt ripped up and “blood all over his face.”
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Central Qld child sex offender caught breaching conditions
A registered child sex offender has been busted in Central Queensland not complying with strict requirements. Here’s what happened.
Update in case of Lakes Creek murder accused
A Rockhampton court has heard an update in the case of a man charged with murder. Here’s what happened.
Man accused of crashing car deliberately after sending death threats
After allegedly sending death threats to a woman known to him, a 30-year-old Gladstone man is accused of damaging multiple vehicles and then allegedly deliberately crashing another. Here’s what we know.
Latest on autopsy results in double death case
Police have provided an update in the investigation into the sudden deaths of a Rockhampton mother and daughter earlier this month.
‘Heard a pop first’: Neighbour describes house fire at centre of arson claims
Witnesses have given evidence at the District Court trial of Craig Paul Carrington in Rockhampton. Here’s what they said in court.
Alleged arsonist accused of being inside house ‘minutes’ before blaze
The trial of a man accused of deliberately setting fire to his North Rockhampton house before allegedly making an insurance claim on the property has started in the District Court.
Eight strains of marijuana, 43 supplies: Croc farm worker’s drug trafficking revealed
A young reptile breeder’s drug trafficking profits were chewed up paying for ounce a day addiction. Read here why he feared going to prison.
‘Incredibly powerful’: Deaths in custody shaping new QAS, police training
A term adopted in the 1980s by police across the globe used to identify offenders likely under the influence of drugs, restrained and could die in custody was the crux of an inquest this month. It comes as QPS and QAS team up for new training.
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