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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 16 DECEMBER 2025: General coverage of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Picture: NewsWire / Christian Gilles

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A Qld Jewish woman’s plea: Fight hate with love

A North Queensland doctor has revealed why she keeps her Jewish identity hidden as she calls for calm, adding the Bondi attack is not a green light for racism.

Jay Aaron Smith, 42, appearing in in the Ingham Magistrates Court via video from prison, pleaded guilty to a total of 18 charges, nine of which were charges under the Drugs Misuse Act, including three counts of possessing dangerous drugs (meth, cannabis). Picture: Supplied

Failed e-scooter getaway: Fugitive breaks bone at hospital

A repeat drug offender broke his collarbone outside a North Queensland hospital in a failed bid to escape police on an e-scooter. COURT DETAILS>>

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Police have released vision after Townsville Tactical Crime Squad (TCS) concluded an extensive operation targeting dangerous drugs and unlawful weapons across the region, resulting in charges against 16 people.

‘Significant quantities’: Police seize guns, drugs in major Townsville raid

Townsville police have charged 16 people with more than 400 offences after seizing 15 weapons, 3000 rounds of ammunition and 16kg of cannabis in major raids.

An Queensland Police Service vehicle outside the Ingham Magistrates Court on Thursday. Picture: Cameron Bates

Mount Isa police seeking dashcam footage after alleged assault

Mount Isa police are appealing for public assistance as they investigate an alleged serious assault in the city earlier this month.

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An Queensland Police Service vehicle outside the Ingham Magistrates Court on Thursday. Picture: Cameron Bates

Mount Isa police seeking dashcam footage after alleged assault

Mount Isa police are appealing for public assistance as they investigate an alleged serious assault in the city earlier this month.

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Peter Honeycombe and Glen Maidment are both urging drastic action to revitalise the Townsville CBD. Photo: Daniel Shirkie.

‘Embarrassment’: Developers demand action after CBD drought

Townsville’s CBD has been branded a “hovel”, as a veteran developers call for a radical government intervention to reverse decades of decline and attract residents. Read their insights.

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Rubyanne Djindata and baby Leilani Smiler at Townsville University Hospital. Picture: Supplied

‘She could deliver in the air’: Cyclone baby rescue

Baby Leilani defied a cyclone and geography to arrive safely after her parents’ extraordinary 1000-kilometre medical evacuation from the Northern Territory to Townsville.

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Private Timo Esko Antero Pesonen was born in Finland and immigrated to Mount Isa as a young child. He became an Australian citizen at age nine.

‘His medals made everything so real’: Woman’s search for lost dad

A Townsville woman’s lifelong search for her missing birth father has been solved after an ancestry test put her in contact with a close relative. Read the amazing story.

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A grass fire has damaged a public toilet block in Rasmussen on Monday. Picture: Google Maps.

Police investigating grass fire after toilet block damaged

Police have launched an investigation into the cause of a grassfire which damaged a toilet block in Rasmussen. Read more about Monday’s multiple emergency incidents.

Lyndon Michael Thomas Woodman pleaded guilty in the Ingham Magistrates Court to the sole charge of evading police, which carries a minimum-mandatory fine of $8345. Picture: Cameron Bates

Teen pays hefty price for rash decision

A fresh-faced teenager has paid a hefty price for a disastrous “spur-of-the-moment decision”.

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Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto speaks on the CCC findings. Picture: Evan Morgan

Increased security at NQ events in wake of Bondi attack

Townsville City Council says it is increasing security around public events in the lead-up to Christmas and the New Year following the horrific anti-Semitic act of terrorism in Bondi.

Soren Leslie Copley, 61, leaves Townsville Magistrates Court on Monday, December 15. He's charged with attempting to procure a child to engage in sexual activity outside Australia. Photo: Daniel Shirkie.

NAMED: Townsville man accused of child sex plot

Police have thwarted an alleged child sex tourism plot after arresting a man at Townsville Airport, alleging he planned to abuse girls as young as six in the Philippines.

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Brazier Motti's Stephen Motti and Counterpoint Architecture's Mark Kennedy and Zammi Rohan are determined to see Townsville's CBD flourish again. Pictures: Supplied.

‘Intervention required’: Business leaders call for CBD action

Townsville’s CBD sits at a critical juncture where traditional approaches have failed, prompting calls for radical new governance structures to drive the residential density needed for an urban revival. Read these expert perspectives.

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Townsville City Council is locked in wage negotiations with the unions over a fair pay increase for workers. Picture: Josh Mercer

Mayor’s new advisers spark budget concerns

Concerns around delivering a budget surplus and costing ratepayers big money have arisen from the approval of mayor Nick Dametto getting three advisers. Read more here.

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