Police & CourtsThere has been a new twist in the case against a Queensland grazier charged with allegedly shooting dead three family members on a rural property.
Police & CourtsA woman was intoxicated when her ute crossed onto the wrong side of the road and killed a Whitsundays man in a horror crash near Airlie Beach, police will allege.
UPDATEDPolice & CourtsA Mackay region man has died from his injuries following a horror smash-up between his 4WD and a truck and trailer in the Bowen Basin. LATEST
Police & CourtsA young woman was told she could have easily become the seventh death in a matter of weeks on Mackay Whitsunday region’s roads after she flipped her car while drink-driving.
Police & CourtsFrom a woman who was arrested for drink-driving twice in 24 hours to a man who openly admitted he drug-drove for decades, here are the stories of Whitsundays’ bad drivers.
VideoWhitsundayA second teenager has been arrested for his role in allegedly ‘deliberately’ lighting a ‘ferocious’ fire inside an abandoned Whitsundays home. LATEST
UpdatedMackayA skydiver has managed to avoid crash landing after their main parachute reportedly failed over water between Mackay and the Whitsundays.
Police & CourtsThe maritime watchdog unearthed “disgraceful” conduct including serious issues of seafarer mistreatment and wage theft onboard an international cargo ship off the Mackay coast.
Police & CourtsA Whitsunday truckie found guilty of sexually abusing his step granddaughter has been offending against children for eight years. She was his third victim. LATEST.
RockhamptonThe traumatised neighbours of Tayla Black and baby Murphy have broken their silence as confronting fresh details emerge and the alleged killer husband‘s case returns to court.
Police & CourtsThe founder of a charity dedicated to helping women flee from domestic violence was forced to take a pro-golfer to tribunal over an unpaid bill.
UpdatedWhitsundayThe survivor of a horror two vehicle crash in the Whitsundays, that killed a 67-year-old man, is in a “serious but stable’ condition as police urge witnesses to come forward. LATEST.
RockhamptonAs their grief-stricken family prepares to farewell two “precious, treasured” lives, new details on the alleged murders of Tayla Black and her 11-week-old baby Murphy can be revealed.
Police & CourtsA beer-stealing removalist who lost it in a McDonald’s kitchen before telling hospital nurses and police to ‘stay the f–k away’ has had to pay for his wild night out in the Whitsundays.
UpdatedPolice & CourtsA Whitsundays man has fronted court after he was charged with assaulting a Cairns man at a licensed premises in Airlie Beach and left him fighting for life.
Police & CourtsAn 18-year-old Sunshine Coast woman who drove a Hamilton Island buggy overloaded with friends at four times the speed limit while almost four times the blood alcohol limit has been sentenced.
Police & CourtsA domestic violence offender who yelled “this is what you want, isn’t it?” as he attacked his girlfriend and put her in a “sleeper hold” appeared emotional as he was sentenced in court.
UPDATEDWhitsundayA 74-year-old man has died in a ‘catastrophic’ Bruce Highway crash in the Whitsundays, marking the fifth fatality in the region since July. Warning: Disturbing content
EXCLUSIVEPolice & CourtsRolling raids across the state as part of a major multi-agency blitz has targeted the illegal sale of tobacco, vapes and other smoking products on the back of new laws in Queensland. See where retail crackdown hit hardest.
Police & CourtsA Queensland man who shot his two rescue dogs in a fit of rage, and then buried them in the backyard before police arrived, says he was ‘overcome with remorse’. Read why he did it. Warning: Graphic content.
Police & CourtsA magistrate has found there was ‘no cavalier approach to safety’ at a mine where a digger operator was crushed to death in a highwall collapse.
Police & CourtsA tradie is offering a huge cash reward after $50,000 worth of business tools were stolen just weeks before the due date of his second child.
QLD NewsPolice Commissioner Katarina Carroll has expressed shock at the “awful statistics” of Queensland’s surging domestic violence scourge.
Police & CourtsThe owners of a popular Whitsunday island resort will not have to shell out for a $430,000 compensation claim for a former employee whose housemate drunkenly peed in his mouth in their shared accommodation.
Police & CourtsA remote Queensland town remains traumatised by how three ‘beautiful’ people were allegedly slain, execution style, while police say a fourth was left to run for his life. Twelve months on, we talk to some of those most affected.