A Queensland woman driven by blatant greed sexually exploited her own four-year-old son by making multiple videos which she sent to a man in Brisbane after he promised her $10,000. Warning: Disturbing content
A colourful anti-youth crime advocate who once led an angry mob to a young thug’s home has opened his gym and heart to kid car thieves and other young criminals with incredible results.
A dangerous driver refused to stop even after three of his car tyres burst, forcing him to travel at 60km/h under the speed limit on the busy Bruce Highway.
A woman in her 70s is in a critical condition after a crash at Mackay on Saturday. UPDATES.
An alleged shooter accused of wounding a man with a shotgun will go back to jail on remand. Read the latest.
A former employee of a major Mackay development firm “greedily” used his company-issued card to fill his personal vehicle with premium fuel and buy smokes. Find out why he did it.
Police used text messages and records of phone conversations as evidence in the case, and the offender has since relocated from the towns where the supplies occurred. Full details here.
A north Queensland council and the company it contracted to run lifeguard services at a popular lagoon where a father and son drowned have cast blame on each other over the double tragedy.
Seaside property owners willing to break local laws for ocean views will have a boring billboard and triple the number of trees in their eyeline as ratepayers fork out to save the shores.
A former coal miner has filed a $3.2m lawsuit alleging his life has been cut short and he will need palliative care after more than three decades working at a Central Queensland open pit.
A miner used a bone to pin a veiled death threat to the window of a policeman’s car in a series of ‘bizarre’ stalking tirades against the officer after he felt unjustly targeted.
A Whitsunday man sucker punched a former workmate in the face, breaking his jaw resulting in the victim needing surgery. Find out what sparked it all.
A Rural View plasterer exploited the kindness of staff at his local bottle shop, claiming to have a bad back while stashing litres of alcohol as a shop attendant carried his carton of beer.
A man awaiting trial for the murder of Jay Brogden appeared in court for other matters, claiming he had ‘no idea’ why he was there.
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/police-courts/page/199