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Mallee Smith was remembered as beautiful, dedicated and caring.

‘Caring, dedicated’: Tributes for woman allegedly mowed down on footpath

Mallee Smith, 24, was “minding her own business” during a surprise visit to her family on the Sunshine Coast when she was struck by a car.

  • Cloe Read

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A 38-year-old Brazilian man has been remanded in custody after allegedly ploughing his car into a group of pedestrians on the Sunshine Coast.

Brazilian tourist accused of ploughing car into pedestrians faces court

A 24-year-old woman was minding her own business when the car mounted the footpath. She is now fighting for her life in a Brisbane hospital.

  • Andrew Stafford
Aerodrome Road at the Fourth Avenue intersection in Maroochydore.

Car attack allegedly followed confrontation at pedestrian crossing

The driver allegedly dumped the car nearby but was found in an apartment on the beachfront. He’s since been charged with eight counts of attempted murder.

  • William Davis
Sunshine Coast Detective Inspector Chris Toohey.

Retail worker allegedly raped at gunpoint before 3½-hour kidnapping ordeal

A woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint in her Sunshine Coast workplace on Thursday night, before being abducted and driven to Brisbane and back in a horrifying ordeal.

  • Cameron Atfield
Wild seas and beach erosion at Miami Beach on the Gold Coast.

Coast locals were told to stay off the beaches. But many couldn’t resist

Locals in both cities were hungry to stay in the water – but while the Gold Coast woke up to damage on Saturday, for the Sunshine Coast, the biggest risk was yet to come.

  • William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
Keith Lees, the former partner of Meaghan Louise Rose was extradited from Sydney to Brisbane to appear in court charged with her murder.

Murder accused to spend weeks in custody before next court date

Keith Lees, 72, was extradited from NSW to Queensland over the death of Meaghan Rose, whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff nearly three decades ago.

  • Cloe Read and Clare Sibthorpe
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Police were called to a home at Gannawarra Street in Currimundi following reports of a disturbance.

Mystery surrounds death in coast hospital as man faces new charge

A 47-year-old woman was found with “non-life-threatening injuries” after an alleged domestic violence incident. She died the following day.

  • William Davis
Ms Bernard’s family criticised the police investigation into her disappearance.

Missing girl found safe and well, man charged with abduction

The girl was found 40km away after police asked for urgent public help.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
An artist’s impression of Caloundra station on the Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line.

Miles rails against LNP’s ‘car park’ criticism of Sunshine Coast link

The state and federal Labor governments have defended their staged approach to delivering the Sunshine Coast rail line, amid LNP claims it would turn Caloundra into a “car park”.

  • Cameron Atfield
Two police officers have been stood down and charged over an incident at Ashgrove in August.

Qld police officer struck over head with glass bottle, two charged

The incident occurred at a shopping complex while the officers were trying to arrest two men.

  • Jocelyn Garcia

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