A father of two who drank about five beers while fishing could have jumped into the passenger’s seat of his wife’s car. Instead he got into his own, and kept drinking. Seven minutes later while changing the radio station he crashed head on into another vehicle.
A Queensland mother of six has been sentenced after a court heard she played a “key role” in a sophisticated prison drug smuggling operation.
Police have launched a search after a man jumped from his car and fled after being asked to pull over in his vehicle. Here’s what we know.
After police declared a crime scene, swarming a beach amid a grim discovery, forensic examinations have revealed a sad but not sinister result.
Smoke from a bonfire sparked an argument between two neighbours, who armed themselves – one with a large knife, the other a metal pole. The clash resulted in a man losing an eye.
Parole is no deterrent for a father of two who keeps reoffending soon after he is released from prison. This time a Mackay magistrate sent him straight to jail after warning him ‘a 100 times’.
The captain of a commercial fishing vessel is in hot water over breaches involving a protected zone off Bowen – and not for the first time.
A young mum was selling bags of marijuana to her main customer for $50. Read how this repeat drug offender avoided going back to jail.
A ‘scathing’ report describes a man’s ‘pro-criminal sentiments’ and his rejection of authority and social norms as the reason behind his shocking behaviour.
Encrypted text messages, bags of cash inside a mattress and ‘extremely suspicious’ cash deposit notes on a former miner’s bank account form the police case against a former miner turned car restorer. But his lawyer says there are legitimate sources.
A man has been charged after a 12-year-old boy died in a horrific Bruce Highway crash that seriously hurt his twin brother and mother driving home from a swim meet.
Just days after being released on parole, a former prison escapee cut off his ankle tracker and then embarked on a three-day crime spree that involved holding up a bottle shop with a machete and throwing a hammer at another driver.
The family of a Queensland mum missing in Mexico fear vital evidence may be wiped as they face major hurdles with authorities in their quest to hire a private eye to join the hunt.
To the idiot who nearly killed me on Mackay Bucasia Rd at Mount Pleasant, sit tight. Police will hopefully be knocking on your door soon, but I’ve also got some questions.
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