A young driver sped away in a stolen vehicle from a serious crash, before stealing another and crashing head on into a couple while on meth just hours later – leaving three people with grievous injuries.
An alleged ice addict is accused of plying a young girl with drugs and raping her multiple times. He has applied for bail.
A drug driving Central Queensland miner, who didn’t give police access to his laptop during an investigation, has been called out by a magistrate for his excuses.
A jury found a Queensland mine worker guilty of raping a sleeping while both were at work at a mine camp, with a judge noting he showed no “remorse or insight” after his offending. UPDATED
Lawyers for a teacher accused of seriously assaulting police are searching for possible inconsistencies in what the officer has alleged occurred during a protest at a popular shopping centre.
The Queensland Police Commissioner has been directed to appear in a Mackay court and explain why one of her officers has shown ‘contempt’ for a magistrate’s orders.
A woman has died after suffering breathing difficulties during a snorkelling trip in the Whitsundays, with passengers on board a tourist vessel performing CPR until they reached the shore.
A Whitsunday mother due back in Australia this month has now been missing for eight weeks. Hope she will be found alive has diminished but the prosecutor in charge says he has made a key development in the case.
A man remains critical in hospital after sustaining leg, chest and face injuries from a guard rail on a Mackay connection road over the weekend.
A child’s ‘school holiday misadventure’ and a tourist’s outback caravan trip gone wrong were among five chopper rescues on the weekend.
A man has been charged with reckless driving over an alleged hit and run as police are urging anyone with footage or information about the incident to come forward.
A father and daughter were riding a Harley Davidson to celebrate his 60th birthday when their lives were cut short. Investigators have now laid charges against the driver of the other car involved in the Easter Monday crash.
An accused rapist crafted a chilling poem for his former partner as part of a horrifying domestic violence spray following their break-up.
A meth user has avoided a $15,000 restitution bill but instead will spend 12 months behind bars over a single item found in a car he had been driving dangerously during a crime spree.
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