Southern Downs father sentenced for stealing concrete truck
A Queensland dad has faced court after a ‘difficult situation’ spiralled out of control that saw him busted stealing an industrial vehicle from a depot.
A Queensland dad has faced court after a ‘difficult situation’ spiralled out of control that saw him busted stealing an industrial vehicle from a depot.
A coronial inquest into the death of a six-week-old baby boy has begun, with the father – who was originally convicted and acquitted – to potentially face new questions.
A woman accused of stabbing her grandmother had a history of ‘concerning episodes’, including locking herself in a room while armed with a large knife and expressing “homicidal ideations”, a court heard.
An elderly man has been charged with alleged historic child sex offences has had his matters mentioned in court.
An ex Queensland prison guard who claims his colleague destroyed his life when he threatened to “bash” him at work and called him “f***ing useless” has had his claim thrown out.
A grandmother robbed of her car by knifepoint, a young man stabbed by an offender and other alarming carjackings across Queensland have sparked advice on how motorists to protect themselves.
Queensland’s rape laws introduced from today will make it harder for offenders to claim they thought their victim consented to sex.
A teen motorcyclist has been savaged after being caught doing 240kmh on Brisbane roads while filming himself and later posting it to social media.
The blood-soaked face of a driver emerging from a doomed Greyhound coach crash, which killed three and injured dozens near Bowen, can be revealed, unblurred in harrowing images after he appeared in court on Tuesday. *Distressing.
The Queensland father spent more than two years on remand after he was accused of killing his baby son — but new evidence has changed everything.
The learner driver allegedly behind the wheel of a speeding car that fatally struck a pedestrian in Brisbane’s south has been granted bail despite police concerns.
A man lured to Australia under false promises, forced to work without pay and caught up in a drug operation at a cannabis farm is set to be deported after more than 300 days behind bars.
Neighbours of a Far North Qld woman have expressed shock and sadness following the death of woman and the arrest of her 25-year-old relative, who has been charged with murder. Watch the video.
Troubled Penthouse cover girl and one-time contestant on The Block, Suzi Taylor, is facing charges after she allegedly refused to take a breath test due to cosmetic enhancements.
The wife of a motorcyclist killed in Brisbane’s CBD has called for Premier Steven Miles to launch an investigation into the incident.
Police have charged the alleged driver involved in a frightening hit and run in the underground carpark of a Gold Coast unit block. Read what happened.
An alleged drink driver has recorded the highest blood alcohol reading seen by a shocked magistrate in his 21-year career.
A woman in her 40s had to be airlifted 5km from the scene of a serious crash in the South Burnett on Tuesday morning because of thick fog. Update:
Among the nearly 200,000 followers of Australia’s biggest online missing persons network was a young woman who one day found herself in the midst of her own tragedy.
A tobacconist south of Brisbane has been destroyed and neighbouring shops damaged after a car ploughed into the business and was set on fire with four people on the run.
Two rival fish truck owners have gone to war after a Facebook slur triggered an ugly $200,000 defamation battle.
A Brisbane real estate worker’s partner inadvertently got her done for drink driving on the Sunshine Coast when he was seen by witnesses yelling out of her car window.
A teenager has been charged after the car he was driving struck and killed a woman on her early morning jog.
A man who held Fraser Coast police at bay for about an hour after refusing to leave his home has admitted to possessing a knife in the shape of a credit card and a replica gun.
Queensland’s newest youth remand facility is on track to be built before the end of the year, but the cost has increased and the first offenders won’t sit in its cells for several months.
A Brisbane YouTuber being sued by a Donkey Kong arcade game record holder has told a court he believed the American had a reputation as a video game cheat.
A Queensland man has been arrested on a tropical Thai island and is being extradited to Brisbane on an interpol warrant.
A careless motorcycle ripped away one young life and changed the course of another forever when he sped through a red light on the weekend. Now three families have been left asking the same question – why?
The Grinch came early for some people last year when a teen allegedly broke into their home and stole items and cars during a shocking crime spree.
A crime scene has been declared after a man’s body was found behind a Caboolture service station.
Six weeks after a nurse appeared in court accused of using a seriously ill patient’s bank card to go on a personal shopping spree, the healthcare watchdog has taken action.
A mother whose baby girl was taken from a Brisbane car park by a stranger who wanted to “play mummy and daddy” has described how she has been haunted by one thing the thief said to her when she chased her down.
A former house painter, previously jailed for stashing large amounts of marijuana for the mother of his children while she ran a drug trafficking business, has been remanded in custody after birthday drinks led to a sobering experience.
A court has been forced to choose between leaving a girl with the mental capacity of a preschooler in a watch-house or sending her to juvenile detention because Child Safety could not find suitable accommodation.
The wife of a motorcyclist who died after a horror motocross track tragedy says she is grateful her husband died doing something he loved so much as an appeal is launched to help the family.
A transport security worker has been stabbed at a major Gold Coast shopping centre, with a manhunt continuing for the offender.
A phone-charging power bank left on a bus triggered an exclusion zone in Brisbane’s south overnight.
A Brisbane man has turned to technology to scare off a would-be intruder who was caught on camera trying to gain entry to his home while armed with what appears to be a firearm.
A magistrate has put a ban on a two-week long application for a protest outside Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ electorate office, stating it can only be for one day.
A second man has been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot multiple times at a northside home last month.
The wife of a man killed in a car crash by a driver high on “poor man’s meth” has unleashed on the killer as he was jailed.
An ex-prison shrink engaged in dozens of flirty phone chats with an inmate, who she offered to collect on his release from jail.
A top luxury car dealership in Brisbane has been ordered to refund almost $60,000 plus a decade of interest to the buyers of a car which was found to be “unsafe and unroadworthy”.
An ATM has been dragged out of a Gold Coast tobacco shop after thieves used a ute to ram the property.
CCTV footage has captured two frisky thieves filling wheelie bins with thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen sex toys only to return and make an even more mindboggling move. VIDEO.
Police are still looking for the man who poured hot coffee over a baby in a Brisbane park before fleeing the country – with one expert outlining why getting an extradition may be challenging.
Three under-18s have been charged with more than 100 offences between them following an alleged four-month rampage across 17 South East Queensland suburbs.
A South East Queensland woman has told of the harrowing moment she heard the sound of the crash that killed her husband from their home, as she pays tribute to the avid motorcyclist and issues a plea to other road users.
Extra police are out and about across Gold Coast waterways in a school holiday blitz. Read the latest
A fired up US Donkey Kong champion has let loose on the witness box, describing why he is suing a Brisbane YouTuber.
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