12yo girl found after frantic search effort by family, police
A young girl who went missing for two days has been found after a massive search effort by emergency services and her family.
Police & Courts
Critical Bruce Hwy crash: Call for dash cam, CCTV footage
Police have released new details about a crash in which a driver was critically injured after hitting a tree on the Bruce Hwy near Gympie.
‘Got a black c–k’: Man’s rude race claim in Qld court
Telling the court he was Indigenous because he was “born in Australia”, a man demanded to be tried in Murri Court, insisting he had the equipment to prove his claims.
200+charges: Alleged $100k fraudster, identity thief had 100 victims
A man has been charged with 70 counts of fraud, 81 counts of identity theft, 18 counts of forgery, one charge of attempted fraud in relation to selling property worth up to $100,000, and 18 counts of using a forged document.
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Stepdad’s vicious beachside attack stopped by witnesses
A Booyal man has been given “one last time” to redeem himself after bashing his step children’s father unconscious in the middle of an intersection, continuing to lay into his body after it had become motionless. Here are the shocking details.
Former $100k a year tradie’s ice demise exposed
A 26-year-old concreter threatened to hunt down a police officer and ‘kill him like a dog’ after kicking him in the face at Gympie Hospital. See how his addiction to meth started.
‘Your life will be hell’: Jealous ex ambushed, bashed new boyfriend
A 21-year-old labourer who was convicted over a fatal Bruce Hwy hit and run in 2020, has returned to court after letting his jealousy get the better of him. Read what the court heard.
Seriously hurt horse rider plucked from rural showgrounds
Emergency services, including critical care paramedics and a rescue helicopter, rushed to the scene southwest of Gympie after an accident in nearby bushland. This is what we know.
‘Catastrophe inches away’: New details emerge in ‘suspicious’ blaze
Iconic Gympie tourist train boss Linda Barry has opened up about the ‘devastating’ loss in Wednesday’s mysterious fire, which came within inches of becoming a ‘catastrophe’. Watch the video:
Alleged culprit fined after kitchen dumped in pristine Qld parkland
A full kitchen pulled from a building in Rainbow Beach and dumped in Cooloola Sandy National Park led authorities to the alleged culprit. See the photos, watch the video.
Centrelink melee breaks out over Covid ‘surveillance’ app
A middle aged man who referred to the Covid check-in as a ‘surveillance app’ and told Gympie magistrate Chris Callaghan to stop ‘sneering’ at him has spent three days defending what he did after being asked to use the check-in. This is what the court was told.
‘Cowardly’: Man found guilty of chasing, punching woman in face
A 39-year-old Gympie man has spoken out after he was cleared of more than a dozen horrific sexual and physical assault charges, but convicted of four assault charges. This is what he said.
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