Police have located a fishing vessel reported missing in waters off Far North Queensland. The 30-foot commercial fishing boat was reported missing on Friday after going to sea on March 16 and communications failing. The vessel was located as part of an air search about 50NM south of Portland Roads around 1pm. The 54-year-old fisherman […]
A nine-year-old girl has died and a six-year-old boy is in a critical condition following a two-vehicle traffic crash at Ironpot near Rockhampton this morning. Preliminary inquiries indicate around 9.30am, two vehicles collided at the intersection of Artillery and Yeppoon roads. The first vehicle, a blue Toyota hatchback contained a 40-year-old Emu Park woman, a […]
Police and emergency services are responding to a serious crash, involving two cars, at the intersection of Artillery Road and Yeppoon Road, Ironpot this morning. The first vehicle had a woman and two children inside. There was a woman and three children in the second vehicle. Early information indicates that one vehicle was travelling east […]
Police are investigating after a man entered a Beaudesert store last night and threatened staff with a knife. Around 9.45pm a man entered the Telemon Street business and demanded money from the employees. They complied, and the man put the cash into a plastic bag before fleeing on foot out the back of the store […]
Police are investigating an incident in a car park of a shopping centre on Coomera Grand Drive this afternoon. Around 3pm it will be alleged a verbal argument occurred between the occupants of a black van and a blue utility. The driver of the utility allegedly drove away then returned and deliberately collided with the […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash this morning at Gadgarra. Around 9.30am two people were travelling on the Gillies Range Road when a tree fell on their vehicle. The driver, a 38-year-old woman from Bayview Heights, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The passenger, a 26-year-old man from Bayview Heights, was transported by rescue helicopter to […]
Police have charged a 23-year-old man after two staff memebrs were allegedly stabbed at Logan Hospital early this morning. It will be alleged around 5.20am a male patient assaulted a security guard. While staff were attempting to restrain the man, he allegedly produced a small knife and wounded a another security guard and an orderly. […]
A man has been charged after he allegedly forced entry to a house and assaulted a woman at Salisbury this morning. It will be alleged at 12.05am a woman was in the loungeroom of a Harlen Road residence when a man has forced open the front door. The woman did not know the man and […]
Homicide detectives will today launch a fresh public appeal into the tragic murder of three young friends holidaying in Mount Isa in 1978. On October 2, 1978, 23-year-old Karen Edwards, 31-year-old Tim Thomson and 21-year-old Gordon Twaddle left Alice Springs with their dog, ‘Tristie’, for a motorcycle trip to Mount Isa. They had planned to […]
A 43-year-old woman reported missing from Kendall in New South Wales and last seen in Brisbane on March 7 has been located safe and well. Thanks to the public and media for assisting.