An updated exclusion zone remains in place in the Maryborough CBD as a result of flooding in the area. Restrictions are currently in place regarding vehicle and pedestrian movements in the area bounded by Lennox, Ellena and Richmond streets, down to the Mary River, back to Sussex Street and Queens Park. Police and traffic control […]
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Police responded to reports of an alleged attempted armed robbery in Bracken Ridge last night. Police will allege at about midnight in Balrothy Street 20-year-old man assaulted a 67-year-old man with a blunt object, demanding his car keys. Another man allegedly came to the 67-year-old’s aid and restrained the 20-year-old until police arrived. The 67-year-old […]
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Police have charged three people following an alleged armed robbery of a business in Stanwell (Rockhampton) this morning. Police will allege a 26-year-old Gracemere man entered the Main Street business around 8.45am, producing a large knife and making demands for money and property from a male employee, who complied. The man then left the business […]
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Police and emergency services were called to reports of a man and teenage girl caught in floodwaters near the Burnett Highway and Murgon Gayndah Roads at Booubyjan (near Gympie) in the early hours of this morning. It is believed the pair were in a Toyota Camry sedan and managed to get out of the vehicle […]
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Update: The police incident in the Fortitude Valley has concluded, and the earlier Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) has been revoked. Earlier: Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) due to an ongoing incident at Fortitude Valley this afternoon. An exclusion zone has been established following a disturbance, with […]
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A 44-year-old Carina man died in a single vehicle crash at Carina last night (January 7). Early information indicates at around 11.30pm the man was driving south along Creek Road when he lost control on a bend in the road and collided with a power pole. The man, who was the sole occupant of the […]
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Police are investigating the death of a man after his vehicle became submerged in flood waters at Kanigan, Wide Bay last night (Friday, January 7). Around 7:30pm, police and emergency services received a report of a utility being swept off the road on Cherry Tree Road near the Bruce Highway, and into floodwaters. Following an […]
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Police would like to remind members of the public to exercise extreme caution with heavy rain fall, localised flooding and hazardous surf being experienced across the Wide Bay Burnett and North Coast areas. During and immediately after severe weather events traversing roadways, either in vehicles or on foot, can be extremely hazardous as water levels […]
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Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that that occurred on the D’Aguilar Highway at Stony Creek this morning. Initial investigations indicate a Landcruiser and Triton collided head on around 10.20am after the Triton swerved to avoid a traffic hazard. The 51-year-old male driver of the Landcruiser from Glamorgan Vale suffered significant injuries and was […]
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Police have released an image of a man and stolen ute as part of their investigation into the armed robbery of a teenage boy at Daisy Hill on Wednesday January 5. Around 2.10pm, three men attended a home on Tulip Street in a stolen white utility, bearing stolen registration plates (pictured). The utility had been […]
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