Mount Isa
Police shoot dog in front of children after hitting it with car
Footage shows an officer standing over the injured animal and firing straight down with his hand gun, while the dog wags its tail.
- Julius Dennis
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‘The roads are dead’: PM’s fuel warning doomed outback tourism
“You know what we’ve got?” asks Mount Isa caravan park owner Kylie Rixon. “Heaps of fuel.”
- Dominique Tassell and Marissa Calligeros
Search delay for missing Indigenous man, coroner hears
A young Indigenous man’s missing persons case could have had a different outcome if police started searching earlier and followed all procedures, a coroner has heard.
- Rex Martinich
‘Strong evidence’: 69yo man could see new charges over outback deaths
A court has heard the only man once charged over a triple homicide near Mount Isa could be referred to face new murder charges.
- Cloe Read
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- Manufacturing
Nation’s manufacturing at ‘dangerous crossroads’ with more big bailouts to come
The government is set to announce its third major industry rescue package this year.
- Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Shane Wright
Extensive evidence for cold case triple murder inquest
Karen Edwards, Tim Thomson and Gordon Twaddle left Alice Springs with their dog ‘Tristie’ for a motorcycle trip to Mt Isa in 1978. The trio were found dead in remote bushland.
- Rex Martinich
‘Tragic, unnecessary’: Missed chance before plane crash
A phone call minutes before a deadly firefighting crash was a missed opportunity to save the lives of those on board during the preventable tragedy, an investigation has found.
- Abe Maddison
Main defence witness in trial of Michael and Lindy Chamberlain dies
Scientist Barry Boettcher said tests on the Chamberlains’ car showed the presence of copper dust – not blood.
- Malcolm Brown
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- Air accident
Three dead after firefighting plane crashes in outback Queensland
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk paid tribute to the crew, who were helping fight bushfires in the state.
- Kathryn Magann