Charges laid over late night assault
A man has been charged after a weekend assault in Torquay, in Queensland's Wide Bay region, that has left a man in a critical condition.
View ArticleWide Bay man charged in drugs sting
Queensland police have charged a man from the Wide Bay region, in the state's south-east, after intercepting $200,000 worth of drugs at the Brisbane domestic airport.
View ArticleSurfers to paddle out and remember 'tribal elder of surfing'
Sunshine Coast surfers will hold a 'paddle out' service later this month to scatter the ashes of the man dubbed 'the tribal elder of Australian surfing'.
View ArticlePolice hunt syringe bandit
Police are appealing for public assistance after a cafe at the Charlton Esplanade in Scarness, near Torquay in south-east Queensland, was held up yesterday.
View ArticleCouncil tipping balanced budget
Fraser Coast Regional Council in south-east Queensland says it expects to deliver a balanced budget this financial year with a focus on improving the region's roads and drainage.
View ArticleExperts to probe beach coal
Maritime authorities are travelling to Hervey Bay to investigate an amount of coal found washed up on the shore at Torquay.
View ArticleHervey Bay beach rocks not coal
The Queensland Government says material found washed up on a Hervey Bay beach is not coal.
View ArticleTourism falls for Fraser Coast
There has been a drop in the number of interstate visitors coming to Queensland's Fraser Coast.
View ArticleLocals concerned by housing development
A group of protesters in Torquay south-west of Melbourne confronted State Planning Minister Matthew Guy over his handling of a planned housing development.
View ArticleResidents force back down on development
The Surf Coast Shire Council has been forced to abandon a development of 2000 homes between Torquay and Jan Juc south-west of Melbourne.
View ArticleFitzgibbons claims Bells crown
Sally Fitzgibbons won back-to-back Bells Beach titles, beating four-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in the final.
View ArticlePark sell off breaks election promise: Opposition
The Queensland Opposition says the State Government is using the public housing shortage as an excuse to sell assets.
View ArticleGovernment sells 3 caravan parks
Hundreds of caravan park residents say they could be forced onto the streets, because of the Queensland government's plans to sell three parks to pay for public housing.
View ArticleQld Government offers van parks sale assurances
Queensland Housing Minister Tim Mander says there is a lot of misinformation regarding the sale of three Government-owned caravan parks.
View ArticlePolice hunt pair over alleged child abduction bid
Police on Queensland's Fraser Coast are looking for two men who allegedly attempted to abduct a teenage girl.
View ArticlePolice plead for teen abduction bid clues
Police in Hervey Bay are calling for public help to identify two men involved in the attempted abduction of a teenage girl.
View ArticlePolice stonewalled in drive-by shooting probe
Police say their investigation into a drive-by shooting in south-east Queensland's Wide Bay region is being hampered by the victims.
View ArticleTwo men die in Bruce Highway crash near Marlborough
The Bruce Highway between Rockhampton and Mackay has reopened after a crash that claimed two lives yesterday afternoon.
View Article'I literally use a scalpel': How bespoke tailor makes clothes out of memories
It could be a forgotten teddy bear, a child's favourite toy or an item from a loved one long gone, Pete Trimble knows how to give them a new life.
View ArticleWorld Surf League Championship Tour returns to Bells Beach
The world's top surfers have descended on Bells Beach in Victoria for the return of surfing's longest-running event. Erin Cooper reports.
View ArticlePolice say man's sex worker appointment linked to alleged murder of unit owner
Police say an elderly unit owner was trying to help his wife and another woman in distress when he was allegedly murdered by a man in Queensland's Wide Bay.
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