A long-standing Queensland hotel manager and “impeccable” member of his community was exposed by a company audit which uncovered nearly $100,000 in missing money and left the pub in “turmoil”.
He has been working in the mining industry for almost 20 years. Read here what drove him to begin an illegal enterprise.
A 23-year-old meth user who has racked up a lengthy criminal history has been told his drug addiction is ruining his life.
A Central Queensland teenager who crashed his car into long grass late at night has faced court for what he did wrong.
Two of the drink-drivers were involved in car crashes – one on Yeppoon Road and the other on the Scenic Highway.
A 62-year-old driver who failed to give way to a cyclist at Yeppoon should not have been driving anyway, having been unlicensed for the past 17 years.
A concerning number of potentially deadly collisions between cars and cattle has prompted a regional police officer to pilot a new initiative to make drivers think twice – and save lives.
A Central Queensland woman required surgery after she was punched twice in the face by her partner, who accused her of cheating.
From a drug king with alleged links to the Finks bikie gang to stash of ecstasy for a 1g a day habit, the criminal miners of Mackay and the Whitsundays can be revealed.
Life is now a lot tougher for the apprentice refrigeration mechanic after he smashed his Holden Commodore into a large street sign at Yeppoon.
Full list: It was a bumper weekend for emergency crews as they attended seven crashes across Mackay Isaac Whitsunday including three with motorcycles and a suspected spinal injury.
A woman has been taken into custody after allegedly crashing into a house in North Rockhampton. This alleged incident follows three other crashes in Central Queensland in the last 24 hours. Full details.
A Queensland couple’s offending has been described by a judge as five times worse than a convicted paedophile jailed for shocking abuse in Thailand. The man and woman faced more than 250 charges. PICTURE: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Fire crews are back on scene a day after students resumed classes after the school was closed because of damage caused by two suspicious fires less in recent weeks.
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