Why cause of Peregian fire ‘harder to solve than murder’
After the second Peregian bushfire in two months, an investigator has explained why finding the cause can be more difficult than solving a murder.
After the second Peregian bushfire in two months, an investigator has explained why finding the cause can be more difficult than solving a murder.
Authorities returned to Peregian to investigate the cause of Wednesday’s bushfires.
An MP has criticised the State Government’s handling of the sacking of a former regional health executive, demanding transparency over the matter and arguing a ‘toxic culture’ was returning to Queensland Health.
A Queensland woman jailed for four years for drug trafficking has told a court that it got it all wrong, not because she was innocent but because she had conned her “customers”.
Residents in a southeast Queensland MP’s street have been left frustrated after being fined by council for parking on their verge due to an increase in tradies in the area.
A five-year-old Queensland boy’s hilarious request has gone viral after Prime Minister Scott Morrison shared his adorable letter online.
Friend of crash victim warns of the dangers of a notorious Tweed road
A marijuana advocate told police the government should “give him a job” growing the drug as he gave officers a tour of his 182-plant crop.
Terrified Peregian Beach residents have told how the drama unfolded as they were again forced from their homes this morning after another fire tore through their beachside suburb.
An investigation into the behaviour of Noosa councillor Jess Glasgow on The Bachelorette has officially started, with
Propped up by his walking stick, an 86-year-old Sunshine Coast grandfather today admitted to his “staggering” drug crimes for which he made a profit of just $70 a week.
A Sunshine Coast jockey has risked the future of his career again less than a month after facing court on other drug charges.
CLIVE Palmer-controlled company has been condemned by a green group after it applied to build a mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin.
The State Government has rejected certain requests from rural firefighters after a stand-off over demands the volunteers apply for Blue Cards.
THE opening of a new $15-million facility in Toowoomba is expected to boost northern Australian agriculture by providing growers with subtropical and tropical seed requirements.
Australia Zoo has welcomed its newest wombat joey, Elle, just in time for World Wombat Day.
An alleged rapist is on trial accused of sexually abusing a fellow inmate at a southeast Queensland jail.
It was a deadly secret that turned Queensland’s Bruce Highway into a killing field.
Friends and loved ones have farewelled the 29-year-old Coast man, who was killed in a horrific crash earlier this month.
When this Queensland man was taken into custody he told police he had two razor blades in his possession, but officers failed to locate them in a pat down. Then, things got interesting.
A memorial was held in Cowper to mark the 30th anniversary of the bus crash that claimed the lives of 21 people.
A heartbroken mother is fighting for changes to State Government laws after her baby was thrown in a Toowoomba Hospital bin after a miscarriage.
A mum spent six weeks imploring doctors that something was wrong. Her baby had a fever and a swollen stomach. She wasn’t eating or drinking or running about. Now the bub is fighting for life.
It started out as a routine traffic stop but turned into a wild police chase that ended with a superhuman cop lifting a car off a trapped suspect who then took off into a dam. You can’t make this stuff up.
A loaded machine gun and $42,000 cash has been seized on the Sunshine Coast as part of an 11-month police operation.
An Australian-first ride will launch visitors 11 stories high at 80km/h when Aussie World introduces its next attraction.
Disgraced Noosa councillor Jess Glasgow has revealed his new girlfriend might leave him because of ‘creepy’ behaviour.
A woman has faced court today for failing to remove her sunken yacht from a Coast river where it sank in March.
A Sunshine Coast resident has been left gobsmacked after she received a nasty response from a potential employer following a genuine online job application.
A Sunshine Coast politician who was sensationally booted from The Bachelorette for lewd behaviour has made a public apology, saying his actions were poorly judged.
A make-up thief’s guilt drove her to email a Sunshine Coast cosmetic store confessing her crime.
The son of a woman who was raped and murdered by her neighbour has spoken of his never-ending grief and “terrible nightmares” since her horrific death.
Hail has lashed parts of Queensland’s southeast leaving parts of the parched landscape looking like a snowfield, as more storms loom.
An eight-hectare hillside site on the Sunshine Coast earmarked for the $100 million Badderam Eco Luxe Resort and Spa has hit the market. Marketing agents say “it’s pretty special up there”.
Horrifying images from the fires near Rappville.
A Sunshine Coast mayor has called for a local councillor to resign after his ‘misogynistic, crude and offensive’ behaviour while on The Bachelorette.
A decision to drive after a boozy boat cruise has put a successful serviceman’s career on the line.
The Australian Building and Corruption Commission has taken legal action against the CFMMEU and its delegate over an issue at a Sunshine Plaza worksite.
Prominent Queensland judge Brian Harrison has been remembered as an “all around great bloke and real person” with an undying passion for the law and many “great stories to tell”.
A former employee of Kleenmaid has given evidence at trial, shining a light on a former director’s role in the collapsed company.
A southeast Queensland father has told of his fears for his family when he arrived home to find it engulfed in flames, with no sign of his wife and five children, triggering terrible memories of their lives under the reign of ISIS.
Ratepayers are up in arms and a southeast Queensland council is referring one of its own councillors to the Office of the Independent Assessor over an alleged breach of council conduct during his appearance on The Bachelorette.
BUNDABERG Hospital’s Director of Medical Services Dr Sue Page has praised the transformation former CEO Adrian Pennington oversaw.
A State Government taskforce is taking legal action against a Queensland boat owner, in a bid to have a submerged yacht removed.
WATCH: A shark spotted in a Coast suburban creek has residents on high alert after claims fishermen deliberately put the animal in the creek.
Barely 30 minutes to the west of Stanthorpe, Pikedale feels a world away. The stretch of road from town to the once bustling agricultural area is littered with macropod carcasses and a look either way makes for sombre viewing.
A Toowoomba teenager who bashed an 86-year-old war veteran to death in his own home has been jailed for drug dealing 15 years later.
Queensland paramedic Winston Lobegeier was the victim of a sickening assault from a patient he was trying to help, but he won’t let the violence stop him from saving lives.
Three seconds was all it took for a Sunshine Coast businessman to violate a young mother in a disgusting sexual assault as she stood beside her husband.
WATCH: Piercing screams from neighbours was what first alerted Karl Green to the blaze burning on his street.
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