Driver busted doing ‘dangerous’ burnouts, damaging airstrip
A driver who turned a light aircraft airstrip into his own personal burnout hub has also been discovered unlicensed behind the wheel.
Police & Courts
‘Let’s dig a little hole’: Rugby star holds woman captive in boot with shovel, duct tape
A former rugby star bashed a woman unconscious, stuffed her into a boot with duct tape and a shovel before driving at speeds of 170km and taking her into secluded bushland.
Plumber turns to meth after horrific workplace injury
A court has heard a plumber who was busted with meth and for drug driving started using the drug after a terrible accident at work left him with spinal injuries.
Dramatic rescue as man aged in 20s winched off trawler in Coral Sea
The rescue chopper retrieved a man off a vessel east of K’gari and did what they could for him while flying him to the Hervey Bay Hospital.
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Burglaries, break-ins, cars taken in rural crime spree
Gympie police have issued a warning to home and business owners as crooks target homes in Imbil, Goomeri, Widgee, Kilkivan, Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach.
Truck vs car crash: Emergency services at Bruce Hwy scene
Traffic delays are expected on the Bruce Highway after truck and car collided near Maryborough. Updates here:
Built boozer’s cigarette craving puts pub guard in hospital
A pub goer on a bender after a break-up launched a spleen slashing attack on a pub guard amid a stoush over smoking area rules.
‘Today I have a voice’: Survivors confront teacher who molested them
Three women who were sexually abused by their primary school teacher have confronted him in court, as he was sentenced to just three months in jail.
Elderly ex-teacher jailed as abuse of primary school girls exposed
A retired Queensland primary school teacher, who abused at least 20 girls in his time in the trusted role, has been jailed for his crimes, some of which took place in front of the classroom.
Man pleads not guilty to child abuse image charge
A Hervey Bay man is charged with possessing child exploitation material. But he says he’s not guilty of the crime.
‘You destroyed our family’: Mum stares down predator priest
The mother of a Queensland boy betrayed by a predator priest has tearfully stared down her son’s abuser at his sentencing for child sex offences. Read the victim impact statement. *Distressing content
‘Evil’ priest preyed on boys at party, gave money after horror acts
A Queensland priest, who was respected in many regional communities, is in disgrace after pleading guilty to molesting boys and describing his attraction to them as an “illness”.
‘Ridiculous’: Council stripped of $4.6m as State passes buck
The Premier and Local Government Minister are distancing themselves from a decision which placed the Fraser Coast and Bundaberg regions in the same ‘capacity to pay’ category as Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Hervey Bay menace busted doing 129km/h in 60 zone
Police using a speed detection device caught the 29-year-old travelling at more than twice the legal speed limit in Nikenbah.
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