They are sons and daughters, fathers and mothers. Their deaths have left communities grieving. There are too many of them, but they will not be forgotten. They are the faces of the region’s devastating road toll.
As Queensland mum Tahnee Shanks remains missing, her daughter found abandoned outside a Mexican church, now in the Sunshine State, is showing few signs of the turmoil. SEE THE PHOTOS
A toddler abandoned at a church in a dangerous part of Mexico has boarded a plane with her uncle and grandmother as the Queensland family expressed their anguish at leaving without the two-year-old’s mother, who remains missing.
‘We need our family to be whole again’: The family of a Queensland woman missing in Mexico have used a home reno loan to launch a MX$1m (A$70k) reward to ‘keep Tahnee’s face in the global spotlight’.
After a tough year, school leavers from Brisbane to Mackay have landed in the Whitsundays.
Mackay Isaac Whitsunday residents are dying two years younger than the rest of Queensland
32 people in the region die from self-inflicted injuries each year as new report reveals mental health burden
Broken bones, bruises and other misadventures were the most common reason for a trip to the hospital
CQ mothers more likely to be overweight and smokers leading to riskier pregnancies and endangering their babies
The new green is the first of its kind in the area and will be more than just a sporting facility.
ALL traffic crashes have an effect on the people involved but some are so tragic their effects spread throughout an entire community.
The family who lost everything in a house fire this week gives their heartfelt thanks to the region.
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