Why police fear $200m budget hole will hit pens and loo paper
The state’s police service have been told to find savings as it deals with a whopping budget blowout almost big enough to rebuild the Wellcamp quarantine facility. Read how this happened.
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Man guilty of awful pub assault at granny’s 60th
A tradesman has walked free from court after being sentenced for punching an unconscious man, breaking his jaw, at a Toowoomba pub while celebrating his girlfriend’s grandmother’s 60th birthday.
Dozen charged after weekend police blitz
More than 500 breath tests were completed at the weekend, resulting in dozens of charges after police conducted a snap traffic operation on our roads.
‘There will be dead people on the beach’: Fury over 4WD antics
Some 4WD enthusiasts have called for a 12 month ban for drivers flouting beach rules after a picture was posted of two people riding on top of a vehicle.
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Baby seat drug bust: How courier carried 250g of meth on major highway
A man attempting to courier more than 200g of meth in food storage containers in a baby seat was tracked down by police on the Bruce Highway, a court has heard.
Passenger from crash who allegedly fled scene bitten by police dog
A passenger involved in a collision with a car was bitten by a police dog in bushland after allegedly attempting to flee the scene of the drama.
‘In excess of $1m’: Debt claims roll in after footwear company collapse
A collapsed footwear company, which began more than twenty years ago on the Sunshine Coast, is expected to receive creditor debt claims in excess of a million dollars, it has been revealed.
Expert reveals three ways grandma could have died in stabbing frenzy
Confronting autopsy results have been revealed at a trial of a Queensland man charged with the murder of his mother-in-law. It comes after a jury was shown a disturbing social media video taken on the day of the killing. *DISTRESSING*
Man hospitalised following alleged assault at Warwick address
A man has been hospitalised after a dispute allegedly turned into a physical assault at a Warwick address. Here’s what we know so far.
Company behind $350m Sunshine Coast resort, wave pool collapses
The company behind a $350m surf park and resort on the Sunshine Coast has been forced into liquidation weeks after the director’s second company was revealed to owe creditors more than $19m.
Murder victim’s brother tried to sell drugs on Facebook messenger
A court has heard the tragedies of a suburban drug dealer who tried to sell meth on Facebook messenger, which included the murder of his sister Tia Landers, whose body was found in a Sunshine Coast forest in 2014.
Chilling CCTV shows teen stalking ‘frail’ retiree before senseless killing
Disturbing new details on the moments before the killing of “deliberately targeted” youth crime victim Robert Brown at a Queensland shopping centre were revealed as the teen responsible faced the first stage of sentencing.
17 Qld backyard feuds that ended up in the courtroom
Stalkers invoking the devil, pedophile smear campaigns, disputes that went all the way to the High Court of Australia. We look at 17 neighbourhood stoushes that have made headlines.
Teen girl’s terror as violent meth addict grabs her near school
A 17-year-old girl leaving school was grabbed by a meth user who demanded she give him her “f—king keys”. The same man had only three years earlier been given immediate parole for an attempted kidnapping.
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