Police search for two boys after fourth time school is set alight
Fireys have been called to the small primary school in a rural Queensland mining town four times since September.
Police & Courts
Coal mine operator calls for authorities to ‘get serious’ on illegal protests
A repeat offender has faced court after multiple anti-coal protests near Bowen sparked accusations authorities were not doing enough to deter activists from breaking the law to make their point.
Birthday bash ends in assault charges for older brother
Two Bowen brothers have been charged over an alleged altercation with caravan park campers after a boozy birthday gathering. Find out what happened in court.
‘Danger to women’: Judge’s warning as broomstick brute sentenced
A violent Queensland criminal’s sickening spree, which included an attack where a woman’s tooth was knocked out, has sparked a warning from a judge.
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Woman thwarts lockdown rules at Bowen backpacker party
She admitted to breaching coronavirus rules when she ignored social distancing rules. She was with up to 20 others.
Ex-council candidate claims she was falsely arrested
Magistrate threatens to hold the woman in contempt of court in heated courtroom scenes.
Jay Brogden cold case murder back in court
Two men remain in custody charged with allegedly killing the 21 year old in 2007.
‘Dirty, stinking, dingo act’: Father spits in ex’s face
‘It’s premeditated, it’s degrading and it’s intended to be degrading.’
Cash, cigarettes stolen during seven break-ins in one night
Police are calling for information about the spate of offences in Cannonvale and Jubilee Pocket.
‘It’s not like I belong to the mongrel mob’
A former Mackay woman proclaimed “it’s not like I belong to the mongrel mob” as she justified why she bit two pharmacy workers and belted the owner of a dog.
Father charged with murder of baby son Beau Bradshaw
The arrest comes more than two months after detectives launched a complex investigation into the baby’s death in June.
Central region officer arrested in GC drug raid
Two police officers and a former QPS staff member among nine arrested.
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