‘They tried to crush me’: Tradie’s $35k win against council
A regional Qld council warned an experienced plumber fighting a fine he could be liable for $34,000, but ended up paying more itself.
A regional Qld council warned an experienced plumber fighting a fine he could be liable for $34,000, but ended up paying more itself.
From the outside this Queensland family was the picture of middle class, footy-loving happiness, but behind closed doors something sinister was brewing long before a wife plunged a knife into her husband’s chest. *Distressing.
A Gold Coast criminal lawyer is facing charges of drink driving during his stay at a famous Whitsunday resort island. VIDEO
A woman partying in the VIP section of a popular Qld nightclub repeatedly stomped on the face of another lawyer, before stepping back and laughing at her. See why she only faced public nuisance charges.
Police are investigating the charred remains of a vehicle that was on fire in bushland in the Whitsundays. PHOTOS, LATEST.
New details can be revealed about the multiple shootings including how one woman was shot in the butt in regional Queensland as police push ahead in their search for witnesses. DETAILS
In just seconds one Queensland woman’s life was forever changed after her entire family was killed in a terrible crash on the coastal road. And she’s not the only one.
A teenager has been injured in a two-vehicle crash near Bowen.
Cruel parallels about the agony a fatal boat crash victim’s family endured while watching the man responsible live out the milestones and adventures of which their beloved young son and brother was robbed, have been laid bare. *Distressing
Remembered as a ‘beautiful soul’, the 28-year-old Gladstone woman may have jumped from a moving Hilux on the Bruce Hwy near Rockhampton before her shocking death. LATEST.
Overseas holidays, unexplained wealth, and standover tactics are what police allege were involved in a drug syndicate they say was peddling cocaine, MDMA and marijuana on the Sunshine Coast. SEE THE INSIDE STORY
Almost seven years after 150 fishers and business owners across Queensland and NSW lodged a multimillion-dollar claim against the state-owned Gladstone Ports Corp, the class action is in jeopardy. See why
A man with a criminal history spanning 20 years was told he was ‘lucky’ he was not shot after he threatened Whitsundays police with a large knife just days after spending time behind bars.
A young worker was killed, and six others electrocuted on their Queensland property, but a judge has revealed why he could not find father and son farmers guilty of safety breaches.
A Central Queensland mechanic has been sentenced for 28 offences including eight fraud crimes after he ripped off his former employer.
A Queensland police officer has been arrested by Taskforce Argos after allegedly accessing disturbing AI images and text-based child abuse material. FULL DETAILS
Lawyers have pleaded for the sole survivor of the alleged execution style murder of three family members over a property dispute to be spared cross examination as disturbing details were revealed. LATEST
A woman has faced a court after she assaulted a nurse and a police officer at a rural North Queensland hospital. DETAILS
The partner of a Qld dad who vanished about two weeks ago has made an emotional plea for information, as police hold ‘grave’ concerns for his safety. LATEST
A Whitsundays woman who has faced a court for not being compliant with housing standards, has told a magistrate she wants to try everything to save her mum’s house from being demolished. PHOTOS
A father who allegedly punched his ex-partner in the face multiple times, became so agitated during court proceedings, the legal team requested he be removed from the courtroom.
A young Queensland girl was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after she was trapped under a trailer at a private property. DETAILS
A Mackay man has breached the conditions of his bail while he remains before the courts charged with rape. DETAILS.
Emergency services have rushed to help a man whose hand became stuck in the suspension of a motorcycle which was understood to be exterting about 86 tonnes of pressure. LATEST
An electrician who shared chilling posts celebrating the Wieambilla police shootings and ranted online about getting his own cop killing “high score” has ended up in a real life, terrifying stand-off outside a major Queensland station.
A young man has died in a horrific crash outside a regional Qld city after his ute veered off the road and struck a tree, trapping him inside. LATEST.
A defence lawyer called the prosecution “excessive” for requesting a prison sentence for a repeat drug driver found asleep in his car at a local harbour. Read what the magistrate decided.
A go-karting enthusiast has faced court after he mistook racing on a secured track with driving on a normal road, sending his car fishtailing and spinning a second car off the road.
A regional council has tried to have a case involving the drowning of a father and son at a tourist hotspot dropped by the supreme court. Here’s what happened.
A drink driving stay-at-home dad caught “unsteady and slurring” behind the wheel after an argument was found with objects in his car he shouldn’t have owned, a court heard.
A driver who was “like an uncle figure” to his young victim molested her twice while she was under his care in a “grave breach of trust”. See why his jail sentence was suspended immediately.
A Queensland town is mourning the loss of one of their most “generous” and “kind-hearted” community members after he was killed in a shock motorcycle crash.
A child sex offender took advantage of a young teenage girl, and later told police he did not think it was a big deal to have sex with a minor because she consented. DETAILS
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.
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
A Qld man was so angry after he was kicked out of the family home he formed a fiery plan for retribution. Here’s what he did.
A Queensland man is accused of spreading serious diseases to intimate partners he met through social media, and distributing intimate images without consent.
A Qld father overreacted to threats at a taxi rank and broke a man’s cheekbone in a one punch attack after a night out at a popular tourism spot. Here’s why he won’t go to jail.
A Qld man in his 30s encouraged a 13-year-old girl to leave school and meet him in nearby bushes in what has been labelled a brazen sexual crime. Before this she had thought of him as her ‘protector’. Warning: Distressing content
A Queensland man on a public nudity charge has told a courtroom why he thinks he’s not guilty while also claiming a police officer “tried to grab my c—”.
Frontline officers are calling in sick and refusing to go out in marked cars for fear of being targeted by young criminals who know the system will protect them.
A Queensland mother of six has been sentenced after a court heard she played a “key role” in a sophisticated prison drug smuggling operation.
A young man who drank six cans of Bundaberg rum and cola before crashing into a highway roundabout told police: ‘Just arrest me and get it over with’. He was just one of numerous drunk or drugged drivers to face a Mackay court.
Less than 12 months after cash was stolen from a community op shop, video footage has captured a bunch of ‘pathetic’ and ‘selfish’ miscreants pinching donations.
A car and bicycle collided in Airlie Beach this morning, leaving one woman injured. DETAILS
A Queensland man caught drink driving tried to do push ups, and made himself vomit in a police car to “sweat out the alcohol”, after leaving a trail of unpaid bills at restaurants.
Passengers on a dreamy sailing trip to the Whitsunday Islands ended up “screaming and crying” before being evacuated from a yacht in the middle of “torrential rain”. See why the ship’s master faces charges.
A man who was too drunk to remember his actions has assaulted two police officers that were helping get him to hospital.
A senior female worker claims a leading university professor and a Member of the Order of Australia said he would “spear her” if she failed to create a dramatic increase in Indigenous enrolments. But she said he later told her it was just a “joke”.
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
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