Police will prepare a report for the coroner following a sudden death at Murray Falls near Tully yesterday afternoon. Initial reports suggest a woman aged in her 20s was last seen near the lookout at the top of the falls around 2pm. A search involving emergency services, including volunteers from the State Emergency Service (SES) […]
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An overnight downpour combined with days of heavy rains in the State’s far north and north-west has left 16 people stranded near Harris Creek. The stranded motorists, which consists of one truck and three 4WDs, became isolated on the Nardoo-Burketown Road- the road which connects Normanton and Burketown- when flood waters rose quickly overnight. The occupants […]
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Gold Coast detectives are investigating after a man fell from a Surfers Paradise high rise this morning. Preliminary information indicates the man fell from the sixth floor balcony of an Orchid Avenue apartment complex around 6:45am. The man, a 38-year-old from Surfers Paradise, was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition. […]
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A 25-year-old man is assisting police with inquiries in relation to damage to property at a Kallangur address yesterday afternoon. The man was taken into custody this morning without incident. About 2:40pm yesterday, Police received reports that shots had been fired from the address. Upon attending, police arrived to find an empty house and during […]
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The search continues in Noosa canals for a man missing after going snorkeling yesterday afternoon. The search resumed today after a land, water and air based search failed to locate the man yesterday. Water police continue to patrol canals in the vicinity of Noosa Road and Witta Circuit, as well as Lions Park. Local police […]
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Police are investigating a fire that occurred at Chinchilla this morning. At around 2.45am police were called to a house fire on Windmill Road. Initial investigations suggest the fire was deliberately lit. No one was home at the time and nobody was hurt as a result of the fire. Police have declared the location a […]
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The Christmas Road Safety Campaign rolls on with Day 3 of the campaign finishing at midnight last night. The campaign commenced at 12.01am Wednesday, December 23 and concludes at 11.59pm on Sunday, January 3, 2016. Among the results was a driver allegedly detected with a reading of 0.292% in Bargara yesterday. During the Christmas Holiday Period, Queensland […]
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Police are investigating after two men were injured during a disturbance at a Bongaree residence overnight. Officers were called to the Emu Walk address around 1.15am following reports two men had been injured. Upon arrival officers located one man with a laceration to his leg and another with a serious head wound. The man with […]
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Police are investigating after a single vehicle traffic crash at Drewvale left one man with life threatening injuries. Initial investigations indicate around 2am the car the man was driving along Macquarie Way left the roadway and crashed into a tree. The driver and sole occupant was trapped in the vehicle before being freed. He was […]
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Police are investigating after a man armed with a knife attempted to rob an Inala service station late last night. Around 11pm a man entered the Freeman Road business and produced a knife before reaching across the counter towards the male attendant with his other hand. The attendant stepped back out of reach at which […]
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