Farmer accused of using flamethrower to kill sand goanna
A Queensland farmer is accused of trapping a protected sand goanna before torching it with a flamethrower on a property near Maryborough.
Police & Courts
Childcare centre to stand trial over toddler’s shock death
Eight witnesses are expected to give evidence in the trial of an early learning centre where a two-year-old boy was found dead.
Young trio jailed for armed bashing of couple at caravan
Three Gympie men have been sent to jail for their roles in a disturbing burglary and assault of a couple involving a wooden bat and sword.
Drug dealing tradie’s ‘incompetent’ plan to dodge the law backfires
A Qld tradie whose criminal history includes extortion has run afoul of the law again, this time for his ‘hopeless’ attempt to dodge drug dealing charges.
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‘One foot in the grave’: Alleged smuggler’s plea to look after sick mum
A Queensland lawyer charged with helping an alleged caravan ‘terror plot’ mastermind flee Australia on a boat has vowed to fight the charges after he was given bail partly so he could look after his mother. SEE THE VIDEO
‘Love you brother’: Tributes flow for former businessman found dead
Popular Gympie man Jason Reker bought a large cattle property at Talegalla Weir in 2024, about nine months before his body was discovered beside his car and not far from a double barrel shotgun surrounded with empty casings.
‘Unsafe’: Police issue crackdown on Mary St crime crisis
Gympie business leaders are pleading for help to clean up the city centre amid claims families are afraid to visit the main street due to a growing homelessness and drug problem.
Watch: Police deploy stingers, dogs to arrest man on the run
Dramatic vision has captured the moment a Gympie man was tracked down by the dog squad and arrested following a string of events in Gympie and Mackay. Watch the video and read the details:
Business director caught wearing bikie colours while speeding
A Sunshine Coast business director and an alleged OMCG member has been spotted wearing his crew’s colours while on a motorcycle ride.
Security guard on cocktail of drugs when he slammed head-on into Landcruiser
A FIFO security guard high on a cocktail of meth and morphine has been punished for causing the devastating collison on the Bruce Hwy that left another driver in a coma for weeks and with brain injuries.
Police hunt ‘cowboys’ after alleged roadside bashing
Police are calling for public help in their investigations into an alleged serious bashing of a young man by a roadside near Gympie only days after Christmas.
South Burnett man charged with supplying drugs to a child
A 25-year-old man charged with eight crimes faced the Murgon court and indicated he would be contesting at least one of the charges.
‘Flawed from the start’: Police failure and ‘outdated’ attitude in spotlight
The treatment of a woman by two male police officers after a fraught incident near Gympie has cost the service almost $2000 in costs, invoked the ire of the magistrate and triggered an internal review.
‘I don’t even know you’: ‘Gratuitous, unprovoked’ attack at Bay Central Hotel
A cultural officer working for the Butchulla Native Title Group launched a violent attack on a random stranger in Hervey Bay, pushing and then repeatedly punching him.
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