Southwest Qld community receives major $2m funding boost
A community who has faced its fair share of youth crime related incidents has received a major funding boost to build a centre which will help at risk youth. More here.
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Warwick man pleads guilty to sexual act with 14-year-old
An 18-year-old man’s decision to have sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend has seen him face Warwick Magistrates Court.
Aussie family snaps up Queensland cattle farm at auction
A 7915ha cattle farm in Central Queensland has been sold post-auction for more than $27m after it was initially passed in. See the details.
Man collides with cow, woman seriously burned in separate Lockyer Valley incidents
Paramedics had a busy evening in the Lockyer Valley after a man collided with a cow and a woman was seriously burned.
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Emergency crews at scene of island rollover
Emergency crews are at the scene of a single-vehicle rollover on K’gari.
‘His final ride’: Heartbreak as motorcyclist farewelled
A touching funeral has been for a beloved husband and father killed when his motorcycle was involved in a horror crash in Biggenden.
Landlord in hospital after bashing allegedly at hands of tenant
A man has been held in police custody overnight after he allegedly bashed an older man, fracturing his face in several places.
Fears for woman after serious three-vehicle crash in state’s south
Queensland Police are investigating a serious three-vehicle crash along a stretch of a regional highway near the Queensland-NSW border.
‘Misled the House, voters’: Fiery speech on ‘delivered’ station that never was
A Qld MP has told parliament his Labor predecessor and party peddled misleading claims and campaign flyers falsely stating an unfunded, unbuilt fire station had been “delivered”.
Inquiry into Queensland toddler’s murder delayed
A coroner’s inquiry into the death of a two-year-old, whose broken body lay forgotten in an unmarked grave for longer than she was alive, has been delayed while her alleged killer appeals his conviction.
Burleigh beat-down: Heat turned up over election promise
Burleigh LNP Hermann Vorster has vowed the Crisafulli Government will deliver the Burleigh police beat, as speculation increases about its starting date.
Financial risks exposed in 12 councils without audit committees
The Queensland Audit Office’s latest report has singled out 12 councils without audit committees and called for legislative changes after raising concerns about their financial sustainability.
Prawn trawler thug tries to carjack grieving widow at cemetery
A recently widowed Qld woman, visiting the grave of her husband, had her car keys “ripped” from her and was pushed to the ground. It wasn’t her drugged up attacker’s only frightening crime.
Tomahawk-armed tradie attacks teen, screams at cops to shoot
An axe-wielding former concreter held a knife under a teen’s chin and ended up in an armed stand-off with Qld police drawing their guns.
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