Revealed: All the Qld projects in Albo’s latest $260m cash splash
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s pre-election spending spree continues in Queensland on Wednesday, as he unveils a $260m funding boost for a spate of infrastructure projects.
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4458 – this is the number that puts Qld to shame
It’s one of the biggest issues across the country but Queensland evidently has a bigger problem than most states.
Sport shorts: Stoneleigh set to face international star in next bout
Pittsworth boxer Jackson “Stoneleigh” Griffiths’ next opponent has been announced ahead of a massive Big Fights card in March, plus we reveal when you can catch Broncos coach Michael Maguire in the Garden City. Check out that and more Darling Downs sports stories in our latest instalment of Sports Shorts.
Top cop’s huge concern as 227 kids arrested in 3 weeks in latest youth crime surge
The first arrest statistics since the LNP Government’s flagship Making Queensland Safer Laws were introduced have been revealed, along with a stark warning from the state’s Police Commissioner.
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Online fake cop ‘tricks’ mum into drugging, filming child
A Toowoomba mother who assisted her partner in the repeated rape, drugging, and filming of her child for more than a year under the guise of a fake AFP court order to catch pedophiles online has been released from jail.
‘Caught at 170km/h’: Police plea to drivers to slow down
As families across the Darling Downs head into Christmas without their loved ones, police are pleading with the community to exercise caution or more could suffer the same fate as Queensland ticks closer to having the most deadly road toll on record in 2024.
What caused more than 6000 homes, businesses to go dark
Energex has revealed what caused more than 6000 homes and business in the Lockyer Valley to lose power overnight. DETAILS
Shooter on the run after man shot on regional Qld property
Queensland Police are on the hunt for an unknown offender who allegedly shot a man on a regional Queensland property. UPDATE HERE.
Man lucky to walk away after vehicle stuck in floodwater
A man whose vehicle was reportedly stuck in floodwaters was lucky to walk away after passers-by assisted him.
‘Paralysed with fear’: DV thug escapes jail time, conviction
A Toowoomba man who ‘broke’ his former partner, committing a number of humiliating, degrading, and disturbing domestic violence acts, will not serve any jail time or have a conviction recorded.
Little boy bruised and beaten after father ‘snapped’
A Toowoomba dad who pleaded guilty to beating his seven-year-old son with a metal spatula has been sentenced before the courts.
A road fatality and snakebites
A young man has died and a woman was injured after two separate crashes on Saturday.
Premier distances himself from Dutton’s $331bn nuclear costings plan
Despite two reactors being slated for Queensland under Peter Dutton’s $331bn nuclear costings plan, Premier David Crisafulli says it’s a “matter for Canberra”.
‘Distressing’: Grim stats show 2024 was deadliest year on our roads
There has been a 35 per cent increase in the number of lives lost on our roads in the past five years, with Queensland edging close to 300 lives lost in 2024.
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