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Townsville mayor Nick Dametto was involved in an alleged altercation with a 28-year-old man on Sunday.

Townsville mayor at centre of assault allegations at bar

The alleged assault took place at a bar on a picturesque tourism island and was reported to police days later.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Emergency services were called to Hull River Heads boat ramp just before 12pm following reports a man had been attacked by a shark.

Man killed in shark attack in Far North Queensland

The man was pulled from the water about midday on Sunday but could not be saved.

  • Courtney Kruk
One person is dead and at least two others are fighting for life after a bus rollover in north Queensland injured about 20 people.

One person killed in bus rollover on Bruce Highway

The same stretch of road was the site of a fatal Greyhound bus crash in 2024 that killed three women and critically injured two young men. 

  • William Davis and Courtney Kruk
Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services, Laura Gerber.

New crime prevention schools to be handpicked after dumped process

The Queensland government will now directly select providers for the three sites under a $50 million early intervention promise from the 2024 election.

  • Matt Dennien
Laura Gerber.

Search for ‘crime prevention school’ providers grinds to a halt

The Crisafulli LNP government vowed to set up four new or expanded schools for disengaged and at-risk youth. Only the future of its hand-picked Gold Coast site is clear.

  • Matt Dennien
Two cars, believed to have been stolen, with a police car on the side of a road near Townsville in north Queensland, April 6, 2026.

Eight arrested after police car stolen from side of highway

Police said a 19-year-old man, an 18-year-old woman and six juveniles had been taken into custody.

  • Dominique Tassell
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Acting police commissioner Brett Pointing has revealed his personal experience as the victim of a crime in Queensland.

‘I had a very dangerous one’: New police chief reveals his family were victims of crime

Brett Pointing said the home invasion had opened his eyes to how many people had been victims in his neighbourhood.

  • Dominique Tassell
Hallie, 2, died on Thursday.

Sisters die days after being pulled from massive house fire

The girls’ mother is a nurse who worked at the hospital where the children were treated this week.

  • Julius Dennis
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli (far right) has slammed a copper thief at Deeragun for affecting telecommunications during severe weather.

Qld premier slams ‘lowlife’ copper thief as communications cut while cyclone bears down

David Crisafulli said the theft was “as low as you can get” after cables were cut in Far North Queensland as it braces for a cyclone.

  • Dominique Tassell
A puppy and five people have been rescued from a sinking inflatable boat.

Puppy among those rescued from sinking boat during ruff day at sea

Five people and Sooky the dog were rescued off the Queensland coast on Thursday after their inflatable tender took on water.

  • Dominique Tassell