Suspended Ipswich City Council chief executive Jim Lindsay has faced court for the first time on a charge of official corruption relating to a development application. Mr Lindsay, 53, who… Continue reading Suspended Ipswich Council CEO faces court
An Indian naval officer who underwent sex change surgery has been discharged from service. A navy statement said its “rules and regulations do not permit the sailor’s continued employment” because… Continue reading India navy discharges officer after sex change
A CHILD of the 70s has used the free-love, joint-toking traditions of yore to justify being stoned behind the wheel. Brian George Wirth was nabbed by police on September 2… Continue reading Stoned driver blames the generation he was born in
A MAN with three outstanding warrants has been charged with 45 offenses after at least four months on the run. The 41-year-old man was finally arrested yesterday after police received… Continue reading Man avoided police custody for four months now charged with 45 offences south of Gold Coast
About three million Queenslanders have had their licenses or passports logged by ID scanners in pubs and clubs in the past three months, with 125 people on banning orders caught… Continue reading Queensland pubs scan 3 million patrons, 125 people caught
The Turnbull government has rejected findings of a Senate inquiry into its controversial “robo-debt” system for welfare payments, refusing to suspend data matching and defending procedural fairness in the recovery… Continue reading Government accused of insulting ‘robo-debt’ recipients in inquiry response
QUEENSLAND’S motorists are being ripped off more than $50 million a year when it comes to fuel prices. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) report on Brisbane fuel prices… Continue reading Qld’s $50 million fuel rip-off is ‘highway robbery’
A MAN has been taken to hospital after falling during a workplace accident and landing on a sharp object. The man is believed to have landed on his abdomen at… Continue reading Man to hospital after landing on sharp object on Gold Coast worksite
A driver accused of slamming his car into a Queensland police officer will remain behind bars on a charge of attempted murder. Police tried to pull over Michael John Purcell… Continue reading Driver accused of hitting police officer remanded in custody
Passers-by have come to the rescue of a woman after she was grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted by a man in north Queensland on Saturday. The victim was walking… Continue reading Woman grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted by man in north Qld
A man has been charged after a Queensland Rail tractor crane allegedly hit a 27-year-old woman in inner Brisbane on Thursday morning. A 58-year-old Flinders View man has been charged with… Continue reading Man charged with dangerous driving after alleged Brisbane hit-and-run
WHATEVER you do, do not download this infringement notice. The ‘notice’ is a scam and was emailed to a Sunshine Coast resident, who posted it to the Sunny Coast Community… Continue reading Do NOT download this infringement notice
