Wild footage shows mother with baby breaking up brawl in Mount Isa

Shocking footage shows a woman holding a baby intervening in a street fight, heightening concerns over local violence in a regional city.

Shocking footage shows violent street brawl between two women while a mother with a baby steps in to break up the fight in the outback Queensland city of Mount Isa.

The two women are seen pulling violently at each other’s clothes and hair, and dragging each other to the ground and throwing punches.

A mother steps in to break up a wild fight between two women throwing punches and pulling hair in outback Queensland. Picture: Supplied

A mother wearing a green hoodie, is seen hoisting the baby on her hip with the support of one hand, and trying to break up the fight between the women with her other hand.

An onlooker filming the incident can be heard yelling ‘there’s a baby,’ and ‘move the baby’, as well as telling the brawling women to ‘knock it off’.

A mother steps in to break up a wild fight between two women throwing punches and pulling hair in outback Queensland. Picture: Supplied

The mother responds to the person filming with, “I’m trying to stop them”.

After the fighting subsides, one of the women is heard yelling: “Why did you pull my hair?”.

This comes just as another violent incident was caught on camera in outback Queensland, with two other women punching each other while onlookers watched.

Three weeks ago, another incident involving 30 adults took place near Mount Isa Hospital which resulted in four women being charged with public nuisance as a result.

A week later, a video was uploaded to social media showing multiple people stomping and punching a person on Abel Street Parade around 2am in Mount Isa.

Data from Queensland Police has shown that the number of crimes committed in Mount Isa has almost doubled in the past decade,

According to their statistics, 13,731 offences have been committed in Mount Isa in 2024 as compared to 8160 in 2014 – showing how the region’s crime is growing at a faster rate than its population.