Named: Companies or bosses who failed to keep their worksites safe
From farm workers to millers, installers and tradesmen, serious health and safety breaches by these Wide Bay businesses resulted in horrific and, in some cases, life-ending injuries.
Police & Courts
Mum put son in boot after running him over and drove home. A day later, he was dead
Harrowing court documents have revealed a mother placed her critically injured eight-year-old son in the boot of her car before leaving the scene of a freak accident which later resulted in his death. Warning: Disturbing content
Businessman tried to incite brawl between two groups of children
A Qld father who claimed his six-year-old child had been held up at gunpoint by a teenager from a rival group in a country town has fronted court after trying to incite a fight between the two groups.
‘Downward spiral’: Stockyard worker convicted of $11k fraud, drugs
A young Burnett man who took $11,000 from his father’s bank account has been convicted of 40 counts of fraud.
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Young rapist in Kingaroy court after breaching sentence
A YOUNG man was back before court after breaching his suspended prison sentence for the third time since his 2015 rape conviction.
Teens loot Murgon business, ride off with dirt bikes
A BUSINESS owner woke to a ransacked store after two South Burnett teens forced entry into his Murgon shopfront.
‘Lucky he’s not dead’: Car crash runaway pays heavy price
A SOUTH Burnett driver was lucky to escape with his life, but not much else, after a poor decision sent him flying through a barbed wire fence.
Four charged in double vehicle theft at Wooroolin
FOUR face Murgon Court after a box trailer and motorbike were taken from two Wooroolin homes in the early hours of Thursday.
Taromeo man ‘late for meeting’ caught 49km/h over the limit
A MAN was clocked travelling 149km/h on his way to a meeting he said he was running late for.
Three assisting police after man shot on Burnett property
Three people are assisting police after a man was shot in the South Burnett overnight, and had to be flown to Brisbane for treatment.
Kingaroy man’s sentence extended, failed to report to cops
A man facing a 15 month suspended prison sentence for possessing child exploitation material was back in court after failing to report to the police.
‘Disbelief’: Building fire a harrowing blow for Nanango
‘SUSPICIOUS FIRE: An organisation was met with utter disbelief this morning after a suspicious fire destroyed their ‘second home’.
OPINION: It’s time to rethink how we deal with drug addicts
THE opioid crisis has made it abundantly clear that criminalising addiction has done little to stop it. Perhaps it’s time for a new approach.
Workplace poisoning leads Kingaroy man down dark path
A KINGAROY man turned to selling drugs after exposure to toxic duboisia dust forced him into unemployment.
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