A young woman suffered a “pretty bad injury” when the car she was driving crashed and flipped onto its roof at Yeppoon – now the telling evidence police found at the scene can been revealed.
A Queensland man who claimed he had “consensual” sex with a girl in her early teens multiple times won’t spend a day in jail due to “exceptional circumstances”. *Distressing content.
A Central Queensland father who groomed his 13-year-old stepdaughter for sex has been sentenced for his “completely disgusting” crimes. *Distressing content.*
Frontline officers are calling in sick and refusing to go out in marked cars for fear of being targeted by young criminals who know the system will protect them.
A wagyu beef property manager who sexually assaulted two women has paid his victims a whopping sum, but his lawyer argued it was not a move to ‘buy his way out of jail’.
A teenager who stopped taking her medications after her McDonald’s shifts, which ended at 3am-7am on weekends, led to drowsiness in her Year 12 classes, has had a protection order slapped on her.
A pair of activists has stopped work at a Bowen coal export facility within days of a similar protest near Mackay. Read what happened when they faced court.
The man accused of driving a forklift at Middlemount when it rolled and caused the death of soon-to-be father Joe Williams appeared in court for the first time. Read what he said.
A Mackay magistrate has detailed safety gaps at state care homes where there is no direct supervision of children for eight hours a day. His comments, on another case, follow the death of a 13-year-old boy who had been in care.
Identifying the driver of a four-wheel drive seen leaving the Ilbilbie property where single-mother Rene Latimore was murdered is crucial in finding her killer, police say.
Central Queenslanders owe tens of millions of dollars in unpaid fines. Here are the names of some of the offenders who have racked up five figure SPER debts.
‘Out of character’: A Biloela man receiving treatment at hospital yelled and swore at staff who felt threatened by his behaviour – they made an urgent call to police.
A Banana man was found illegally possessing five rifles, a loaded shotgun, and ammunition at his Banana residence.
Central Queensland has copped a string of high-range drink or drug drivers – with readings as high as 0.232. Now, the names and faces of some of the region’s worst offenders can be exposed. SEE THE LIST
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