Police are investigating after a 16-year-old boy sustained stab wounds during an incident at a Takura residence last night. It is believed just before midnight, the boy was at a party at a Hornes Road address when he was approached by several people and assaulted. He was treated at Hervey Bay Hospital for two non […]
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Update 8pm: All lanes have now reopened. Motorists are advised to avoid the Gateway Motorway in the Nudgee, Banyo and Boondall areas due to two large scrub fires currently burning in the area. Thick smoke is blanketing the Gateway Motorway and traffic is heavily congested in both directions. The Motorway is currently down to one […]
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Gold Coast police are investigation an overnight disturbance at Mermaid Beach in which three men sustained injuries. Preliminary inquiries indicate that an altercation occurred between two small groups of people in Dudley Street shortly after midnight. Three men were transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital with non life threatening injuries following the altercation. This […]
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Police are searching for a man after a 64-year-old woman was seriously assaulted while walking in Gatton this morning. Around 6.45am the woman was walking along Smithfield Road when a man approached her from behind and struck her several times with a brick. The woman fought off the man and managed to continue walking before […]
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Police investigating the theft of 75 kilograms of bullion from an Upper Kedron home overnight are appealing for public assistance. Sometime between 6pm on New Years Eve and 3am New Years Day thieves broke into an Ellie Court, Upper Kedron home, ransacking several rooms before locating a safe and breaking into it. The safe was […]
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Dunwich continues to experience large volumes of smoke across the township due to fire. Police would like to assure residents there is no threat to the town. The increased smoke is due to current wind changes. If there are any changes to these circumstances, the community will be notified immediately.
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Police have charged a 28-year-old man from Wooloowin after an incident at East Brisbane early this morning. Police were advised that around 1.40am, a man and woman were waiting for a taxi on Wellington Street when they were approached by a man who engaged in a conversation with them. An altercation between the two men […]
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Travellers evacuating today from North Stradbroke Island are advised to either * adhere to their barge ticketing departure timetable; Or * if ready, make their way to the barge departure area (in Dunwich) for an earlier departure. Police are urging travelling to not delay their departure or miss their scheduled barge departure time. Information posted earlier this […]
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Police arrested 78 drink drivers on day nine of the Queensland Christmas Road Safety Campaign (Phase Two) yesterday with the highest roadside breath test reading recorded at 0.314% at Wynnum. Coinciding with Operation Crossroads, phase two of the campaign commenced on Monday 23 December, 2013 and continues until Friday, 3 January 2014. Two people have […]
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Police have thanked the majority of revellers at New Year’s Eve celebrations across Brisbane and the South East as crowds were well behaved. Attendance figures were up on last year as an estimated 80,000 people joined in the festivities at South Bank by midnight. A total of 44 people were arrested on 54 charges at […]
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