Queensland News

Crime YESTERDAY Ron Jones was shot in the leg after two burglars ransacked and stole from his Bundamba home in the early morning.

News THE young man killed in a horrific crash at Vale View was a gifted racehorse trainer and track worker with a big career ahead of him.

News WHEN Ken Pascoe ripped up some old lino in his sister’s Brisbane home recently, the last thing he expected to do was unearth a piece of Nambour history.

Business BILLY Brackman bought a Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk six weeks ago for $50,000. It lasted just two and a half weeks before the transmission died.

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News THE Attorney-General’s office is waiting on a report to determine whether a convicted rapist who attacked a woman in Noosa National Park should be freed.

News A COUPLE who lost their toddler son in a house fire has trashed the luxury Gold Coast home Clive Palmer rented for them in the wake of the tragedy.

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News THE area from the Sunshine Coast to northern NSW has been a hotbed for criminals who fleeced about $1 million from bank users.

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News POLICE are treating a fire which destroyed a Tara tattoo parlour, Ink Addict, in the early hours of this morning as suspicious.

News LESS than two weeks before the official start of summer and a heatwave is expected to sweep across the state from Thursday.

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News A POLICE milestone was marked in Bundaberg this week when Crime Stoppers arrested its 30,000th offender in Queensland.

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News CAFFEINE from the equivalent of "20 espresso coffees" contributed to a Queensland prisoner's death in custody, a coroner has found.

News VIDEO-conferencing may change the way rural and regional residents with deadly illnesses receive life-saving treatments.

News POLICE say they have been left 'angered' after tracking 100 cars in convoy - some of whom were allegedly driving from 150km/h to 200 km/h.

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News A MAN will serve more than 1000 days in jail after he threatened to shoot his partner and infant son with a sawn-off shotgun and launched a five-hour siege

Movies THE lost Diggers of Childers could be making an appearance at some of the world’s biggest film festivals.

News A TOOWOOMBA man who allegedly obstructed police officers and assaulted a security guard has been refused bail because of his violent past.

News A HEALTHY push is on for certain fast food, snack food and drink, bakery and cafe chains and supermarkets to display kilojoule content of foods.

News SEVEN government departments have not submitted numerous documents to the Barrett Adolescent Centre Commission of Inquiry eight weeks after they were requested.

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News ACCUSED drug traffickers in Australia thought their first shipment of hydraulic oil from South America would contain cocaine hidden in barrels of oil.

News A TRUCK driver who narrowly avoided a serious crash on a busy Brisbane road has earned belated praise after footage of the incident was shared on Facebook.

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