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DV victim’s chilling warning about killer
A terrified 42-year-old mother and domestic violence survivor has issued a desperate warning after the man that violently suffocated and bashed her was set free by a Queensland judge.
How did this 19-year-old truckie become his own boss?
There’s only one problem this young entrepreneur regularly faces – the police. The reason why just makes Wayne Gough’s achievements seem more impressive.
Judge slams dad over role in drug ring
A Queensland father has pleaded guilty to six charges relating to his role in a decade-long, $20m drug ring, a role that was exposed during a search of his car in a McDonald’s car park.
Why this young model risked her career taking drugs to jail
‘I’ve told you from the beginning there is no way in the world you are ever going to jail for something like this’. These are the words a Queensland model was told after she attempted to take thousands of dollars worth of drugs into one of the state’s prisons.
Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley Dams, 2019.
‘Mum cut my throat’: Toowoomba toddler’s shock confession
TOOWOOMBA’S Susannah Birch was just two when her mother gave her a bath, put her in new pyjamas and slashed her throat — but she survived. WARNING: Graphic
Talisman Sabre 2019 rockets
Highway chase: Relative of alleged carjacker ‘disappointed’
A RELATIVE of an alleged carjacker accused of causing chaos on the Bruce Hwy said he’s “disappointed” but the man was “still family”.
Stuart Bridge roll-over
Stuart Bridge roll over
Dramatic photos from Bruce Hwy crime spree
Dramatic Bruce Hwy arrest
Woman impaled by rod centimetres from death
February 25 was the day Margaret Woolley got a second chance at life. The 60-year-old truck driver was driving along the Warrego Highway near Oakey when four steel rods fell off a truck heading in the opposite direction.
Ex-cop blew up home, claimed $435k insurance
A decorated ex-cop has gone from enforcing the law to spending a year in prison after blowing up his Bribie Island holiday home and trying to claim $435,000 in insurance attached to the property.
David Routledge farewelled in Blackbutt
Somerset College v Matthew Flind
Photos from the Queensland Independent Secondary Schools final in Division 1 between Somerset College and Matthew Flinders Anglican College.
Ignatius Park v The Cathedral
Photos of the final in the Confraternity Carnival, Division 1, between The Cathedral College in Rockhampton and Ignatius Park College in Townsville.
Shalom College v St Columban’s
Shalom College takes on St Columan’s Caboolture in the final of the Division 2 bowl tournament at the Queensland Independent Secondary Schools tournament in Bundaberg.
Tim Waktins’ memorial in Mullumbimby
AG wants jail for drugged truckie who almost killed woman
‘I’m going to jail. I’m going to jail’: Truck driver Marc Antony Palmer cried these words after near-fatal crash on the Bruce Highway
‘Poor soul’ – Incestuous dad’s love letter to victim’s mum
A devout Christian knew her husband was having sex with her 14-year-old daughter but did nothing more than tell the offender to “pray for his sins”.
Business manager used own kids to make child porn
A man who used his son, daughter and daughter’s friend for sex photos tried to delete the evidence, but police were able to recover the material. Today an appeal against his sentence was dismissed.
Sex monster truckie rapes young girl on outback trips
Shocking details have emerged about a man who raped a nine-year-old girl as they criss-crossed north Queensland between Townsville and Mount Isa in his truck for work.
NETBALL: Columba Catholic College’s battle with St James
Columba Catholic College (Charters Towers) took on St James College (Spring Hill, Brisbane) on day two of the Queensland Independent Secondary Schools Netball Carnival in Bundaberg.
NETBALL: Mercy College takes on Assumption College
Mercy College (Mackay) took on Assumption College (Warwick) on day two of the Queensland Independent Secondary Schools Netball Carnival in Bundaberg.
Naughton St Fire 02-06-2019
Businessman faces trial after worker’s fall death
A southeast Queensland company director will face trial over the death of labourer Whareheepa Te Amo, who fell to his death on a work site in 2014.
Serial sex pervert free as jury acquits him of prison assaults
The story the jury didn’t see: Sex offender Geoffrey Doolan’s long history of sick assaults on children and women across Queensland
Naughton St Wandal house fire May 28
Barba punishment handed down for casino incident
Disgraced former NRL star Ben Barba has been handed a punishment following an incident at a Townsville casino which cost him his lucrative sporting career.
WARNING: Graphic animal photos
Fatal Kumbia crash
‘Perhaps now the truth can come out into the open’
This mother of four died in horrific, suspicious circumstances – with almost 100 injuries – almost five years ago. But no one has been charged over her death.
IN PICTURES: Big Pineapple Music Festival 2019
An epic day for the thousands who got on their dancing shoes at the 2019 Big Pineapple Music Festival.
Aussie teens shun sex, booze and ciggies
Teenagers are shunning sex, drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. But experts say they’re experiencing greater mental health problems and difficulty learning social skills.
Swan Bites crash
A woman was hospitalised after a car crashed into the Swan Bites Fish and Chip Shop at Maroochydore this morning.
Meet Outback Truckers’ new star
THE main suspect in getting Justin Harrison onto the latest TV series of Outback Truckers (7Plus, from May 28) is one of his children.
WARNING! This toy store penis flasher is in the community
Shopping centre flasher Gregory Wayne Chambers has a habit of fully exposing his genitals to little girls.
Shop manager with sick bestiality ‘fetish’ had sex with dog
A former Brisbane man has pleaded guilty to bestiality after he filmed himself having sex with his family’s 10-year-old dog and sent the footage to his former partner.
How Winton has become the Outback Hollywood
WINTON in western Queensland, population 875 at the last Census, might seem a unlikely place for an international film festival.
Evil bush rape monster belongs on a ‘desert island’
Rapist Kym Spoehr brutalised a Japanese tourist in a forest. Now he is trying to convince a court he is safe for release.
Child rapist released despite breaching supervision order
Child sex offender Gregory David Kynuna’s decision to use the drug ice lands him in court, again
Man snatches croc from river with bare hands
A bloke who grabbed a 1.5m freshwater crocodile with his bare hands said he wanted to see if the old mob’s hunting skills were still there. WATCH THE VIDEO
Lisa Curry: ‘I have proof drug cheats beat me’
Lisa Curry has joined with track legend Raelene Boyle in demanding the record books reflect she was cheated at the Olympics.
Murder heartbreak for grieving father
A grieving dad fears he will never get justice for his murdered son after a jury acquitted the man police had charged with his death.
Tearful Blanche emerges after Bob Hawke’s death
Blanche d’Alpuget has made a tearful appearance dressed in her late husband’s robe, after announcing the former Prime Minister’s death.
‘He took a knife to a fist fight’
TOOWOOMBA man Shane Colin Duffy has pleaded not guilty to murdering James Beel-Endycott and is on trial in Brisbane Supreme Court.
‘Devious’ fraud duped colleagues, bosses and her mum
A devious rip-off artist stole from her colleagues and bosses and lied about having cancer, being pregnant and her parents undergoing surgery during a lengthy series of frauds that netted her $200,000 over six years.
Countdown to death! Medicos’ fight to save stabbed father
Paramedics have revealed the last 20 minutes of a stabbing victim’s life and their desperate attempts to save him.
B-double driver fined $337 for going up hill too slowly
A missed gear has cost a B-double driver a negligent driving fine and four demerit points after an incident overnight.
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