Consumer advocates have welcomed an Appeal Court decision which will allow the Commonwealth to ban a notorious funeral insurance company from accessing the Government’s direct debit system Centrepay. The Aboriginal… Continue reading ACBF: Aboriginal funeral insurance provider banned from Centrepay system following Appeal Court win
A crime scene has been set up after woman died on a suburban Gold Coast street amid desperate attempts to revive her. Highland Park residents told police they heard calls… Continue reading Woman dead on Gold Coast street
The daughters of Barbara McCulkin were not meant to be at home when two men allegedly went there to kill her in 1974, a Brisbane court has heard. Garry Dubois,… Continue reading Accused murderer denied killing McCulkins: brother
Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed by Indian shelling in disputed Kashmir, the Pakistani military says. The troops died in “unprovoked” firing overnight in the Bhimber sector on the Line… Continue reading Kashmir clash: Pakistan says India killed seven troops
A Gympie mother is fearing for the life of 7-year-old Sylvanna. Caroline Harris last saw the Murray Darling carpet python in her terrarium on Saturday morning, before Ms Harris travelled… Continue reading Mum’s ‘scaly baby’ is lost and in danger
LIA Chapman is a 21-year-old Christchurch local, born and bred. She’s now survived two devastating earthquakes in her hometown, a 6.3 magnitude in 2011 and yesterday’s 7.5 magnitude that was… Continue reading NZ quake survivor tells of terrifying night
Police are looking for two men who fired a weapon while they robbed a taxi driver at a service station in Brisbane’s north. The pair approached the driver just before… Continue reading Brisbane Taxi driver robbed at service station
Police have charged a man with unlawful wounding after an alleged stabbing at a Gold Coast playground on Saturday night. The 19-year-old Coolangatta man will appear in the Southport Magistrates Court… Continue reading Man charged after stabbing at Gold Coast playground
A man reported missing after his hang-glider was seen to make an emergency landing north of Noosa on Saturday afternoon has been found dead. Witnesses told police the 61-year-old got… Continue reading Body of missing hang-glider found following forced landing at Queensland’s Rainbow Beach
What are your earliest memories of cricket in an Aussie summer? It’s almost certainly of white clothes and red balls, isn’t it? Maybe it’s Allan Border scrapping for days on… Continue reading Why the Big Bash is ready to surpass Test cricket as Australia’s main summer attraction
A storm described as a “mini-tornado” has swept through the Caloundra area and caused serious damage at a caravan park. Residents of Dicky Beach Caravn Park huddled in their vans… Continue reading ‘Mini-tornado’ hits Caloundra
Police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman in a Southport unit after finding the bodies on Friday afternoon. Police arrived about 4.40pm at a Johnston Street address where they… Continue reading Police investigating cause of death after two bodies found on Gold Coast
