Worker drowns in weir mishap June 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM |
A YOUNG man has drowned in an accident during maintenance work on a weir in north Queensland. |
MFS' Michael King a `big picture' exec June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM |
MICHAEL King of now-collapsed MFS group was a "big picture'' exec who left the finer details to his staff, according to co-founder Phil Adams. |
Man arrested by onlookers freed June 18, 2010 at 1:12 PM |
A MAN who was chased down and held by members of the public after he allegedly robbed a 60-year-old woman was today granted bail. |
Good Lord, it's flocks in socks June 18, 2010 at 12:55 PM |
GRAZIERS in southwest Queensland are amazed to discover their sheep walking around rain-enhanced paddocks wearing grassy "boots". |
Chemical fire in Maryborough June 18, 2010 at 11:45 AM |
THE Downer EDI Rail building in Maryborough has been evacuated because of a chemical fire and thick black smoke is coming from the site. |
Patel 'hard-working' not egomaniac June 18, 2010 at 11:14 AM |
THE jury in the Jayant Patel trial should find that the surgeon was not an egomaniac but rather a hard-working doctor "devoted to his calling". |
Cairns murder conviction set aside June 18, 2010 at 10:20 AM |
A CAIRNS woman who fatally stabbed a pensioner after he asked her and her friends to keep quiet has won a retrial on her conviction for murder. |
Stabbed for asking women to be quiet June 18, 2010 at 10:20 AM |
A CAIRNS woman who fatally stabbed a pensioner after he asked her and her friends to keep quiet has won a retrial on her conviction for murder. |
Jealous husband to stay in jail June 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM |
A JEALOUS husband who hired a hitman to murder his estranged wife lost his bid to overturn his conviction in the Court of Appeal in Brisbane. |
CMC letter 'not an endorsement' June 18, 2010 at 10:03 AM |
CMC chief's extraordinary statement clarifying that letter congratulating Police Commissioner on reappointment was just protocol and not endorsement. |
Bystanders detain robbery suspect June 18, 2010 at 9:08 AM |
POLICE have praised the actions of three bystanders who detained a man alleged to have robbed a 60-year-old woman on Brisbane's southside yesterday. |
Missing mum 'may be dead' June 18, 2010 at 8:32 AM |
THE disappearance of Innisfail woman Leeann Lapham, who left behind a month-old baby, has been ramped up to a murder investigation. |
Rain breaks dry spell in southeast June 18, 2010 at 8:05 AM |
BRISBANE is getting its first rain since the start of the month today thanks to an upper trough and cloud band over the southeast of the state. |
Coward with knife robs old lady June 18, 2010 at 6:58 AM |
A ''COWARDLY''' robber has held up a 73-year-old woman after she got off a bus at Helensvale on the Gold Coast. |
Driver killed in river June 18, 2010 at 12:34 AM |
A DRIVER died when his car plunged into the Brisbane River at Tennyson after leaving the road following an accident on a roundabout. |
Man dies as car plunges into river June 18, 2010 at 12:34 AM |
A DRIVER died when his car plunged into the Brisbane River at Tennyson after leaving the road following an accident on a roundabout. |
Murder victim ageing sex worker June 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
AN ageing sex worker found with her throat slashed in an inner-city unit was the victim of an alleged attempted murder two years ago. |
Row over 'space rock' settled June 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
A PECULIAR-shaped rock at the centre of a long-running custody battle has finally found itself a home. |
Cow of a job among dugongs June 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
SCIENTISTS have spent the week collecting data from Moreton Bay's wild dugong population, but it has not been a light task. |
Payroll experts fly in to help June 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
TAXPAYERS will fork out almost $350,000 for two international computer software experts to work on the bungled Queensland Health payroll system. |
Ageing sex worker's throat slashed June 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
AN ageing sex worker found with her throat slashed in an inner-city unit was the victim of an alleged attempted murder two years ago. |
Murder victim attacked before June 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
A WOMAN found with her throat slashed in an inner-city unit was the victim of an alleged attempted murder two years ago. |
Scathing report alleges cover-up June 17, 2010 at 11:22 PM |
FOUR of Queensland's most powerful figures have accused each other of acting inappropriately over the Police Commissioner's reappointment . |
Police chief in firing line June 17, 2010 at 11:17 PM |
LABOR MPs attempted to pressure Queensland's corruption watchdog to wind back its criticisms of Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson. |
Sand miner digs deep for defence June 17, 2010 at 10:31 PM |
A SAND mining company charged with illegally taking sand from North Stradbroke Island is fighting back, arguing it had ministerial approval. |
Roads claim two lives June 17, 2010 at 9:38 PM |
THE road toll has risen by two with the death of a pedestrian near Lowood and a passenger injured in a motor cycle crash at Forest Lake two weeks ago. |
Sleeping man robbed June 17, 2010 at 9:18 PM |
A WOMAN, 23, and man, 24, have been charged after the alleged assault and robbery of a man at Gladstone. |
Radical therapy doctor banned June 17, 2010 at 6:30 PM |
A DOCTOR has been struck off for using an unauthorised ''secret treatment'' that went wrong and left a woman with facial hair and a bloated ''moonface''. |
Jail for beauty products fraud June 17, 2010 at 3:51 PM |
THE disgruntled manager of a beauty product supply company fleeced her employers of more than $90,000 because she thought she wasn't being paid enough, a court heard today. |