A 46-year-old Gold Coast man has died after being bitten by a shark at Greenmount Beach this afternoon. Around 5pm the man was pulled from the surf suffering from a life-threatening leg injury. He had been surfing out the front of the local lifesaving club. The man succumbed to his injuries at the scene. A […]
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Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Brisbane City this morning. Around 9.45am on Skew Street, a motorcyclist lost control and fell onto the roadway before being struck by a bus. The 45-year-old male rider from Wynnum West was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver and sole occupant of the bus was not […]
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Two Queensland Police Service officers currently suspended following an investigation into the possession and supply of dangerous drugs have been charged. A 28-year-old male senior constable from South Eastern Region has been issued a notice to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court October 26 for offences of supplying dangerous drugs, possessing dangerous drugs, possess things, […]
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The Queensland Police Service (QPS) are encouraging community members to register for the second edition of Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson (ABCSL). In 2020, for the first time, the Daniel Morcombe Foundation has produced two editions of ABCSL. This second lesson, aimed at children aged four to seven, will be streamed on Thursday, September 10, […]
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Detectives are investigating an incident in which a man allegedly discharged a firearm in Rockhampton yesterday (September 7) At around 3.30pm an altercation occurred between two men in the eastbound lanes of Fitzroy Street, between Murray Street and George Lane. Shortly afterwards a woman and one of the men involved in the altercation walked back […]
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Police are investigating the armed robbery of a licensed premises in Durack yesterday evening. A man entered the business on King Avenue around 6.10pm, jumped over the counter and produced a knife. He then grabbed a female employee by her collar and made threats, demanding money. The woman complied and handed over a sum of […]
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Police are appealing for assistance to locate the owner of a boat which was found washed up in Clontarf this afternoon. The vessel was found against rocks near the swimming enclosure north of Pelican Park boat ramp around 4pm. The boat is described as a 15 to 20-foot-long white fibreglass hull and has writing on […]
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Sunshine Coast police are appealing for public assistance to help identify an elderly woman (pictured above) who was located outside the Nambour Hospital at around 12.20pm yesterday (September 6). The woman was found in a distressed state and is unable to communicate with staff. She appears to be between 80-90 years of age with a […]
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Two men are in custody charged with murder following a homicide investigation into the suspicious death of a 48-year-old man at Taringa, discovered on Thursday afternoon, September 3. Police were called to a Waverley Road address around 3pm where the body of a man was located deceased. A crime scene was immediately established at the […]
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Police will prepare a report for the Coroner into the deaths of a 45-year-old man and 4-year-old boy at Rossville in Far North Queensland on Friday, September 4. Detectives are continuing to appeal for public assistance with officers wanting to speak with anyone who had contact with 45-year-old Troy Harvey in the weeks leading up […]
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