Social media influencers with 12,000 followers were among seven people charged with promoting hooning activity as part of new laws in Queensland, including a beach party that led to a teenager being flown to hospital with critical injuries. One said ‘bring beers, be a menace’.
A man accused of robbing two Queensland sex workers at gun and knifepoint has tried to push for bail release with his lawyer arguing the evidence was ‘not particularly strong’. See what the local magistrate had to say.
A Queensland teen died after a woman gave him and other children at her home opioid pain medication saying it would ‘make them high’. But she will be out of prison next year with the teen’s family blasting her sentence as “no kind of justice”.
A young single mother was ‘yelling, swearing and pushing chairs’ at a popular regional pub after someone made racist slurs. DETAILS
A chippie who thought he was giving someone a taste of their own medicine, after his vehicle’s wheels were pinched, took revenge on the wrong car.
A man was naked, distressed and brandishing a large 70cm cane knife when he was shot dead by police in the main street of Bowen.
The case of a man charged with the death of his newlywed wife following a tragic buggy crash on one of Queensland’s most famous islands is faced with further delays. LATEST
Lawyers for a cattle property owner accused of executing three family members is pushing to question an eyewitness to the alleged triple homicide, a court heard.
A tradie rocked up for what he thought would be a booty call, instead he found himself in court. Here’s what happened.
The case of a man who denied assaulting and choking his partner has been hit with further delays after an application for Legal Aid was refused.
The father of a four-year-old found face down and naked in a backyard pool is still in a daze after revelations the boy’s mother had been arrested and charged with murder.
Domestic violence victims living in multiple Queensland regions still do not have a specialised police team.
A skipper having a few too many schooners before going behind the wheel is among the latest people facing court for drink or drug driving on Whitsunday roads. DETAILS
A convicted trafficker who had at least 33 customers and an elaborate side hustle kept dealing even after police raided his Whitsunday property.
A ‘fairly intoxicated’ miner who urinated on a Whitsunday police officer’s car was caught on CCTV on the same night he gave police the fingers. The local magistrate was less than impressed.
A young driver has suffered serious injuries after his vehicle hit a tree and rolled, forcing emergency services to close a major regional highway for several hours.
The case of a Mackay region man who is contesting charges of stalking and being violent with his partner has faced further delays despite the initial brief being provided months ago.
A 24-year-old Queensland man allegedly sexually abused children under 12 and recorded and distributed disturbing content over two-and-a-half years. LATEST
A Whitsunday region man has denied being behind the wheel of his Ford Falcon when it crashed into a telegraph pole and cut off power to 200 residents. When police arrived, he was nowhere to be seen.
A Whitsundays woman who allegedly drove her car onto the opposite side of the road while under the influence and caused a fatal crash has faced court for the second time.
An Airlie Beach electrician close to four times the blood alcohol limit and a 24-year-old who crashed his car after being almost three times the limit were among those appearing in court for drink driving. FULL COVERAGE
A NSW driver who killed a Rebels bikie in a traffic crash while travelling to a Qld bush festival pushed to have his name withheld out of fear someone would seek retribution.
Smashing down a fence, a Queensland pest controller was hellbent on revenge after the neighbour’s dog went for his chooks one too many times.
A Whitsundays man has been told there was ‘absolutely no excuse’ for his behaviour after he punched a mate’s brother and ‘threw’ a woman during a State of Origin match.
A Whitsundays bookkeeper found herself in a ditch with her car on fire while under the influence while a musician was busted over twice the legal alcohol limit. See who’s appeared in court for drink and drug driving.
There has been a new twist in the case against a Queensland grazier charged with allegedly shooting dead three family members on a rural property.
A 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.
A 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
A 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.
From 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.
A second teenager has been arrested for his role in allegedly ‘deliberately’ lighting a ‘ferocious’ fire inside an abandoned Whitsundays home. LATEST
A skydiver has managed to avoid crash landing after their main parachute reportedly failed over water between Mackay and the Whitsundays.
The maritime watchdog unearthed “disgraceful” conduct including serious issues of seafarer mistreatment and wage theft onboard an international cargo ship off the Mackay coast.
A Whitsunday truckie found guilty of sexually abusing his step granddaughter has been offending against children for eight years. She was his third victim. LATEST.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
As 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.
A 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.
A 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.
An 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.
A 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.
A 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
Rolling 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.
A 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.
A 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.
A 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.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has expressed shock at the “awful statistics” of Queensland’s surging domestic violence scourge.
The 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.
A 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.
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