When a 54-year-old man was asked to vacate a Queensland property, it triggered a chain of events months later that ended in multiple shots being fired during a showdown with police. Read how the events unfolded.
From a boilermaker’s ‘experimental incident’ to a former navy chef’s 11,000-strong collection, here are 11 Mackay and Whitsunday locals convicted in child exploitation material cases.
A rescue chopper crewman says the good Samaritan was lucky not to be trapped when a car travelling north on the Bruce Highway allegedly ploughed into two stationary vehicles.
49 charges: A magistrate has slammed a teen car thief at the wheel of a stolen car saga stretching from Mackay to Collinsville. But the offender claims he has ‘learned his lesson’.
Police bust major clandestine drug lab and break up expansive trafficking syndicate in mining towns
The man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly shot another man in the abdomen with a gun
He was drunk when he drove towards a man, accidentally running over another in his sleeping bag
A boozed up mother was busted drink driving by police after she stopped to enjoy some fries and held up traffic in the McDonald’s drive through.
The police have issued a warning for this telco scam
Drug trafficker sentenced for 28 charges including driving car into a house, explosives and guns
‘Poor actions and decisions have grave consequences, not only for you but for those who care about you’
Police charge teen duo over alleged attempted armed robbery, stealing a car at Airlie Beach
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