From befriending rock legends in the Sydney music scene to creating a sanctuary for wounded animals and lost souls in rural Queensland, Lee-Anne Olsen never lived a conventional life, and that’s exactly how she wanted it.
Queensland’s tough youth crime laws face scrutiny amid almost daily reports of shocking offences. Despite harsher penalties, scepticism remains about their effectiveness and whether deeper societal issues are being ignored.
Power, water and manufacturing are the big winners in a state budget that will spend almost $2 billion on more than 50 projects expected to transform the communities of the Wide Bay and Burnett.
A young driver has told a shocked magistrate he was driving 40km/h over the speed limit on Power Road because he was in a hurry to get home after working out at the gym.
A council worker who spotted the crocodile on the banks of the Mary River has shared his story.
The family of Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop shared a touching message before saying a tearstained final farewell to the young woman whose death broke hearts across the nation. SEE THE VIDEO
As the 20th anniversary of the London terrorist bombings approaches, an unsung hero has relived the moment he was first on scene in the wake of the tragedy.
A Gympie officer whose police career included working on two of the region’s most notorious and gruesome murders has retired after a 41-year run.
A Sunshine Coast charity has unveiled its plans to build a two-storey social unit complex at Gympie to help ease an ongoing housing crisis for the region’s most vulnerable.
Bundaberg residents will be paying more on their rates bills with the council slugging ratepayers in an effort to keep the organisation running in the black.
See the latest auction and sales results in Gympie for last week.
Hundreds of bikers rode through its streets in solidarity for three-year-old Sophia Rose, who was murdered by her mother in Bundaberg.
Two dogs chased away a would-be intruder with their quick action earning them praise.
See the latest auction and sales results in Gympie for last week.
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