Video has surfaced of a pitch invader having his escape spoiled by a fellow spectator at last week’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Australia and Bahrain, but social media users aren’t happy with how the events unfolded. Full video:
A man on bail allegedly lunged at a beachgoer with a screwdriver on a northern NSW beach while disguising his face, a court has heard. Here’s what we know.
A woman who fell through a “rotting” set of stairs and broke her ankle is seeking compensation.
It will be a tight contest in the Bellingen election as two former mayors fight it out for the top role and a total of 14 councillor candidates vie for only six positions. So who’s who in the zoo and what are their views?
Lovers of German beer have just three weeks to get their fill with the owners of this iconic venue saying they are closing down to focus their energies on a range of other businesses that are taking off.
Coffs and Port Macquarie nurses and midwives join a statewide strike for a pay rise. It comes as they complain of breaking down at work and being abandoned by the government.
A man is fighting for his life in hosptial after he suffered critical injuries in the two-vehicle crash at Plainland.
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A rampant burglar who broke into a couple’s home and stole their baby’s ashes also pulled off a $20k jewellery heist and a pub theft during his crime spree, it has been revealed.
The NSW Local Government elections are just days away, so we’ve approached Clarence Valley Council candidates ahead of Saturday’s vote to see what they’re all about.
A man has been flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle crash west of Brisbane. A 12-year-old girl suffered serious injuries.
Away from Byron’s A-listers and wellness influencers, issues like a lack of affordable housing and homelessness are banging on council’s door. Here’s what these candidates plan to do about it.
A Chinchilla man has appeared in court following a months long spree of offending at the bowser, ripping off more than two thousand dollars.
A 16-year-old boy has faced 41 charges in Childrens Court for a meth fuelled spree stealing cars, and driving dangerously, admitting to police he was “fried off his face”. See what was said in the first of cases the public can now see.
The devastated family of a father of two allegedly left to die on the side of the road after a shocking hit and run crash have spoken for the first time. FULL TRIBUTE
Hundreds of well-paying government jobs are on offer as Queensland Correctional Services prepares to open the state’s largest jail, just a short drive from Brisbane and Toowoomba.
The sudden departure of a southeast Queensland council’s CEO has come as a “massive shock” to many within the council, and follows “professional differences with the mayor”.
Police have charged a fellow officer and stood the inspector down with pay after he allegedly assaulted two boys on a bus in the state’s west. Here’s what we know.
A motorcycle rider has been clocked at more than 120km/h along one of the busiest tourist strips on the Sunshine Coast. SEE THE VIDEO
Up to $30,000 will be offered to new teachers in the latest push to fill vacant positions in regional and remote parts of the state.
A young man will be released in just over a year after killing a teenage girl and endangering another in a reckless crash which severed a car in two.
Nearly a dozen fire crews have worked late into the night to contain a blaze in bushland on the northern Gold Coast. Read the latest update.
KAP leader Robbie Katter has blasted the state government, claiming it has lost control of Mount Isa’s spiralling crime crisis after residents recently endured a ‘hellish’ crime wave.
At least 12 Queensland police officers are seriously assaulted every week while on the job but less than half of offenders spend time in jail for it, a top criminologist says.
When a tent boxer and Pauline Hanson entered the ring no one could have predicted what happened next. Now the Birdsville Races regular has a new fight on her hands.
A man has allegedly gone on a destructive rampage targeting cars and a business at a popular Gold Coast hospitality hub. Read the latest.
Police are investigating a nasty crash on the Gold Coast which ended with a ute on its roof in a ditch in a notorious problem spot. WHERE IT HAPPENED
One Mackay manufacturer has been the beneficiary of hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment, allowing them to improve energy efficiency and hire more workers. But another business has blasted the government over rising energy costs.
Climate protesters are gearing up for a 72-hour blockade of the Port of Newcastle, halting almost half a billion dollars in grain and coal exports and forcing cruise liners to cancel trips to the area.
After a man made multiple calls to triple zero threatening to blow up a Toowoomba shopping centre with butane gas canisters, he was found huffing the gas in a stormwater drain.
The lack of lawyers across regional Queensland is having a devastating effect on those suffering from family violence, with calls to create incentives for legal workers to move bush.
A Coffs truck driver who menaced a Lexus driver – flashing his lights and waving a metal pole out of a car window – has kept his licence after a successful court appeal. Here’s what happened.
A Toowoomba man who allegedly picked up a teenage girl who was walking the streets late at night with no shoes on while wearing pyjamas before allegedly drugging and raping the girl has applied for bail.
A mammoth $11.8m development is gearing up to open the final tenant in its landmark precinct which has brought nationwide tenants to the Rose City.
A woman has been accused of kicking a police officer and attacking a security guard when she was turfed out of a Byron Bay CBD venue. Here’s what we know.
The head of Darling Downs Health has reassured the community that Toowoomba Hospital was equipped to care for its patients after revelations a 88-year-old man suffering congestive heart failure waited on a stretcher in a hallway for more than six hours.
A Lismore mother has avoided a conviction being recorded after being found guilty in court of hitting her seven-year-old son with a kitchen utensil when he “misbehaved”.
A Dreamworld tiger handler savagely attacked while walking one of the big cats remains in a Gold Coast hospital receiving treatment. Read the latest on her recovery.
A man has declined to make a complaint to police after he was hospitalised on the Gold Coast with injured buttocks.
A Queensland dad-of-six was on a mercy dash to comfort his wife who was grieving the loss of a family member when the unthinkable took place.
A northern NSW man has faced court after he slammed his 4WD – kitted out with a bulbar – into a cyclist before he fled the scene. She has now been left with horrific, lasting injuries.
An arsenal of illegal firearms and drugs have been taken off Toowoomba streets after police executed raids across the city.
A court heard how the former owner of a popular Toowoomba cafe owner turned to supplying and using party drugs.
A former boilermaker has faced court after the search for a missing remote ended in an assault.
Queensland’s housing planning system has been ranked as the equal worst in the country with an affordability crisis likely to grow worse for families if it is not fixed. Here’s why.
A woman has died after a tree fell on a holiday park cabin she was sleeping in the state’s south, with a man also rushed to hospital as wild winds hit the country’s south-east.
WHAT YOU SAID: News that an elderly man suffering heart failure waited on an ambulance stretcher for six hours at the Toowoomba Hospital brought back painful memories for past patients who took to social media to vent their frustrations.
A Mid-North Coast man’s trip to the toilet took a turn when he decided to check his Powerball ticket, revealing a seriously flush result. See what he plans to do with the windfall.
Police investigating an armed hotel hold-up on the Mid-North Coast have arrested two men but a third is still on the run. Here’s what we know.
Fire investigators have been at a loss trying to determine the cause of an inferno which destroyed a South West Queensland home.
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