Couple with baby terrified after man breaks into hotel room, starts shouting
A drunken man has scared a couple and their baby when he broke into their hotel room after a night of drinking, started shouting and then pushed the dad. DETAILS
A drunken man has scared a couple and their baby when he broke into their hotel room after a night of drinking, started shouting and then pushed the dad. DETAILS
A towed trailer has caused a grass fire by the side of the Bruce Highway that threatens traffic going into a North Queensland town. Here’s what we know.
One man was airlifted to hospital and three others were injured in a truck and car collision that shut the Bruce Highway between Mackay and Rockhampton. UPDATES
The trial of a man charged with historic child abuse offences has fallen over after a jury failed to come to a unanimous verdict. WARNING: Distressing content
The case of a man accused of illegal fishing in a Great Barrier Reef protected zone has finally come to an end more than two years after it was first heard in court. His solicitor says this has caused him to become homeless.
Officers are calling for any witnesses to come forward following reports a man was assaulted in the early hours at a popular tourist town. DETAILS
A Queensland MP says he unwittingly gave a reference to a convicted child rapist who may have avoided facing punishment for some of his horror crimes but not for a chance encounter with police.
A tourist at a popular Whitsundays resort has told of the horrifying moment she heard a man scream ‘help me’ after he reportedly fell 3m from an infinity edge pool. LATEST
A family of miners and cattle graziers have wound up in court after having beef with a contractor who repeatedly damaged their barb-wire fence. See how it all unfolded.
A cafe owner who wanted to be a councillor in a Queensland town has faced court for assaulting a woman after he put his hands in the pockets of her shorts. DETAILS
A grandmother of five has assaulted her landlord, who she ‘thought was a friend’, over a business arrangement gone wrong. The two continued arguing even after police arrived.
New details can be revealed about a shooting incident involving a pizza delivery driver, where police allege a man emerged from the dark, pointed a rifle toward the teen driver and fired.
A woman accused of dangerously driving her car while drunk causing the death of a Whitsundays man has faced court. DETAILS
Lawyers for a Queensland man charged over an alleged horror sex act gone wrong are pushing to cross examine a witness. LATEST
A 33-year-old who died in a horror motorcycle crash is being remembered as a ‘beloved son, father, brother, and friend’ with an infectious laugh and positive determination.
Queensland motorcycle dealerships and riders are reaching snapping point as out of control break-ins send repair and insurance costs spiralling with four stores within a 5km radius ransacked just days apart. VIDEO.
A Queensland woman is accused of trying to punch her mother-in-law while holding her child in her other hand, and threatening to stab her partner. See why prosecutors want her in custody.
A 21yo Queensland dad threatened to kill his child and her mother in a ‘frightening’ barrage of abuse saying he wasn’t afraid of cops and he’d even sign the death certificate. DETAILS
A car driving 100km/hr on the Bruce Highway had to take evasive action to avoid hitting a criminal who was on the run after crashing into police in North Queensland.
An intoxicated Adelaide visitor to the Whitsundays “didn’t know what [his] hands were doing” as an argument transformed into a fight, as police accuse him of holding an officer’s firearm while squeezing another’s genitals.
A 22-year-old Queensland father will fight to clear his name after being charged with filming a woman.
A 63-year-old Queensland man picked up on an arrest warrant for alleged stalking was shocked when the bad news kept coming.
A prisoner, awaiting sentence on a slew of driving charges and ammunition possession had hoped his case would be finalised but when he realised it was far from over, he had just one thing to say.
There’s been confusion in court regarding the evidence against a Qld man charged with knowingly spreading ‘serious disease’ to women he met online between Airlie Beach and the Sunshine Coast.
A 19-year-old has been held for months behind bars and faces the prospect of a life-changing child sex conviction despite claiming his young girlfriend ‘lied’ about her age.
The case against a 30yo man accused of booking appointments with two Queensland sex workers to then rob them at knife and gunpoint has hit a lengthy delay in court. LATEST
A North Queensland man described by friends as a “peacemaker between others” has lost it at a local McDonalds when he repeatedly punched a man in the face before calmly eating his meal.
From parents accused of cruelly killing their babies, to children who tried covering up the cold-blooded murder of their parents, these haunting cases are among Queensland’s worst cases of family violence. DISTRESSING CONTENT
A North Queensland resident has allegedly violently punched a RSL volunteer and pushed aside another member of staff after an argument escalated.
A driver who allegedly committed a string of traffic offences while on a return to prison warrant has been warned his rush to plead guilty might make things worse.
Workplace Health and Safety investigators are on scene inspecting a charter fishing boat after a man suffered horror facial burns following an explosion below deck. LATEST
The sole trader of a Queensland housekeeping company has been hit with a huge fine after ignoring demands to back pay employees. DETAILS
There has been a major step in the case against a Queensland mother accused of murdering her youngest child via reckless indifference. LATEST
A severely traumatised man who saw his brother, mother, and stepfather allegedly gunned down at close range before being shot in the stomach will have his story tested by the defence before it goes to trial.
An argument over a father’s gambling issue sparked a violent attack when he lashed out against his partner of 20 years at a popular hotel. Here’s what happened.
As a fake sex worker went to change into a racy costume, her boyfriend waited at a window ready to rob the unsuspecting man inside. But things quickly got out of hand.
His weapon was a hunting knife – by name and purpose. “BJ” Cecil was hellbent on finding his former wife and teaching her a lesson. When her brave mother stepped in, she paid the ultimate price. SPECIAL REPORT.
After eight months behind bars a popular Queensland lash tech and mum, jailed for her high-profile role in her partner’s meth business, will be released in just days – and she’ll get her luxury property back.
A passenger involved in a collision with a car was bitten by a police dog in bushland after allegedly attempting to flee the scene of the drama.
Locals have described the Bruce Highway stretch where a woman died and another was critically injured as ‘scary’ with calls for greater separation between traffic on the stretch. LATEST
An Airlie Beach man has been sent back to jail after his bail was revoked, despite the 31-year-old begging the court for leniency, offering to call his parents for a loan to pay for lawyers.
A Whitsunday father who is facing 15 charges of drug offending including supplying MDMA has sought bail, with his solicitor saying he could be at risk of spending too much time in custody. DETAILS
The case for a former respected high ranking Queensland police officer has been hit with a lengthy delay. LATEST
The daughter of a woman who killed her husband by stabbing him in the chest has told a court about the daily devastation she and her siblings endure after the crime which took both their parents from them.
Disturbing new details on the moments before the killing of “deliberately targeted” youth crime victim Robert Brown at a Queensland shopping centre were revealed as the teen responsible faced the first stage of sentencing.
When his partner held firm on their breakup, a father of three went wild, destroying her belongings including her underwear.
Two women were trapped after their car rolled on the Bruce Hwy, blocking both lanes in the Mackay region on Saturday.
Footage of a social media-organised Fast and the Furious style event, which drew people from across North Queensland, uncovered a young driver’s dangerous acts. Now, he’s been sentenced.
A 28-year-old shift worker has been banned from Tinder-like apps while on bail but his case also raised red flags with a Queensland magistrate who questioned why it took a month for police to act on a rape complaint.
Fellow workmates witnessed the horror 20 metre fall after wind monitoring equipment suddenly collapsed while it was being constructed at the site of a proposed wind farm. DETAILS
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