The Editorial Team

Blake Antrobus covers Queensland courts and crime for NCA NewsWire. He began his career in journalism in 2015, migrating from Sydney’s northern beaches to southwest Queensland. He has covered politics, crime, education and general news for newspapers across the state.

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Coronavirus

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos - MARCH 18 2021: Health Minister Greg Hunt with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, to provide a COVID-19 update. in Parliament House Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Warning to get item before catching Covid

Australians have been urged to pick up one item before they catch Covid, with a warning ‘many of us’ are going to be infected in coming days.

UPDATEDEnvironment

The Fraser Coast Regional Council released a map of the flooding in Maryborough, with the pink region marking the additional area of the CBD that will be flooded.

‘Evacuate’: Urgent alert as flood levee fails

Residents in a Queensland city have been forced to evacuate after a critical flood barrier faulted.

UPDATEDQLD

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will provide an update on the overnight weather event that has impacted the Wide Bay region.Pic Annette Dew

Queensland cases explode to 18,000

Queensland has recorded an explosion in the number of cases after a change in testing came into effect.

NSW & ACT

**NO BYLINE PLEASE** Police will address the media after seven people were rescued from a capsized boat off the coast of Wollongong today., , About 10.20am (Sunday 31 October 2021), emergency services were called to waters off Waniora Point, Bulli, after reports of a vessel had capsized., , Officers attached to Wollongong Police Area Command attended and with the assistance of Surf Life Savers and the Marine Area Command, seven people on board at the time were rescued and taken to shore., , Rescuers performed CPR on four people until the arrival of paramedics. One person could not be revived and died at the scene., , The three others are being treated and are expected to be taken to hospital. Their conditions are not yet known., , The scene of a boating accident at Bulli Beach this morning, October, 31, 2021. Picture: Julian Linden (no byline)

Shock twist in tragic boat drowning

NSW Police have made an announcement in their investigation into a boat capsizing that left one man dead and several others seriously injured.

VIC

Charles Evans is escorted from Bendigo Court in Bendigo, Victoria, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. 44-year-old Kyneton man Charles McKenzie Ross Evans has been charged with the murder of Alicia Maree Little, 41, who died outside a rural home in central Victoria, she had injuries consistent with being hit by a car. (AAP Image/Brendan McCarthy) NO ARCHIVING

Cruel blow to slain woman’s grieving family

The grieving family of a slain Victorian woman are outraged her killer is starting a new life close to their neighbourhood.

QLD Crime

Man carjacked by bottle-wielding teens: cops

Two girls have been charged after a rideshare driver was allegedly threatened with a glass bottle during an armed robbery on the Gold Coast.

Travel Warnings

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 16 2021: Adelaide Airport. Passengers are seen checking in with Air NewZealand plane. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

New travel woes for stranded Kiwis

New Zealand citizens stuck in Australia are facing more travel woes following a contentious announcement on flights into the country.

QLD

LifeFlight airlifts two patients from car and truck crash scene at Injune.

6yo boy dies in horror Qld crash

A young boy has died following a horror early-morning crash involving a 4WD and a truck along a regional Queensland highway.

UPDATEDQLD

‘Gross underestimate’: Qld’s Covid fear

Queensland’s health chief has warned of a ‘gross underestimate’ of the true number of Covid cases after the state smashed its daily record.

Crime

Inside the minds of our worst killers

From violent beheadings to the infamous backpacker killings, a criminal psychologist takes us inside the minds of Australia’s worst killers.

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