Driver with false plates crashes into parked car
Police arrived to find a Ford Focus bearing false plates had rolled after crashing into another vehicle. The driver was nowhere to be seen.
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Jobs to go: Queensland uni cites financial pressure, prepares to lay off staff
The union representing academic and support staff is calling for the university to come clean on job cuts, with an organiser alleging one department may be slashed by as much as 40 per cent.
‘Grave concerns’: Police struggle for answers to grim disappearance
The increasingly desperate family of Jack McLennan continues to search for the 27-year-old, as police say there is ‘nothing suspicious’ despite the addition of the CIB and homicide unit to the investigation.
‘Morale killer’: Calls for changes to how police investigate DV
New research has found 87 per cent of Queensland Police are suffering extreme burnout, with the bulk of that pain resulting from the weight of domestic violence investigations and the red tape that has bound our officers’ hands.
‘No police in 10 years’: Union’s dire warning over Qld’s cop exodus
Queensland’s union boss is concerned there might not be a police force in 10 years, if the next government fails to make crucial steps to fix frontline officers’ overwhelming domestic violence workload.
Revealed: What our cops really want to fight invasion of our homes
Police officers across the state want senior ranking officials to make sweeping changes, including to police pursuit rules, GPS trackers for criminals and support to tackle the cowardly attacks in our homes. SPECIAL REPORT
Stolen car torched and dumped in industrial precinct
Police are searching for thieves who stole and torched a Toyota Corolla after it was dumped in Harlaxton.
‘It falls on us’: Private boys schools fighting toxic culture
Boys from St Mary’s Catholic College and Toowoomba Grammar School are coming together to stamp out the toxic culture that fuels domestic violence.
Police investigating after man flees scene of single-vehicle crash
A young man fled the scene of a single vehicle crash near the Toowoomba Airport but has since been apprehended, while a woman was rushed to hospital after she was hit by a car in an unrelated incident in the CBD.
‘I’m so sorry’: New country music festival cancelled three days out from launch
The organiser of a new country music festival in the Toowoomba region has cancelled the event, blaming poor ticket sales on competition from a free, three day festival organised by the Gold Coast Council.
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