Christensen spruiks unapproved,ineffective drug use amid COVID infection

Christensen spruiks unapproved,ineffective drug use amid COVID infection

The outgoing member for Dawson confirmed his rapid antigen test result on Sunday,suggesting “haters” would now “hope for something terrible to happen to me”.

  • byMatt Dennien

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Unlicensed pilot behind controls of fatal Christmas Eve flight

Unlicensed pilot behind controls of fatal Christmas Eve flight

A light plane that crashed on a north Queensland beach on Christmas Eve had not been properly maintained for a decade and its pilot did not have a licence,an investigation has found.

  • byMatt Dennien
Passenger killed,pilot injured in plane crash on Queensland beach

Passenger killed,pilot injured in plane crash on Queensland beach

Emergency services were notified about 8am of the crash at Ball Bay,about 50 kilometres north of Mackay.

  • byToby Crockford
Calls for change to Qld jab rules as opposition bubbles onto streets

Calls for change to Qld jab rules as opposition bubbles onto streets

Katter’s Australian Party says the unvaccinated should be allowed to show proof of a negative test to access restricted venues from mid-December.

  • byMatt Dennien
Woman stabbed multiple times while sunbathing on Queensland beach
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Woman stabbed multiple times while sunbathing on Queensland beach

The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police are questioning a teenage boy over the attack.

  • byToby Crockford
Federal government loans $175m to Queensland coal mine

Federal government loans $175m to Queensland coal mine

Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt’s announcement has been slammed by environmental groups as “deeply irresponsible”.

  • byToby Crockford
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Sacked psychiatrist tries to sue Qld hospital after six-page complaint

Sacked psychiatrist tries to sue Qld hospital after six-page complaint

Dr Babak Akbari was fired from his role at Mackay Base Hospital after junior doctors wrote a complaint letter about him.

  • byToby Crockford
‘I doubt I’d be alive’:how beating addiction saved actor Steve Bastoni

‘I doubt I’d be alive’:how beating addiction saved actor Steve Bastoni

Best known for roles in Neighbours and Police Rescue,the actor has forged a new career in film festivals and mental health advocacy.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
'Coming towards me at great speed':Inside Queensland police's X-Files

'Coming towards me at great speed':Inside Queensland police's X-Files

Newly digitised police records lay out the paper trails of sightings,and the questions they sparked,spanning decades and thousands of kilometres across the state.

  • byMatt Dennien
'Mr Mackay':Queensland Labor stalwart Tim Mulherin farewelled
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'Mr Mackay':Queensland Labor stalwart Tim Mulherin farewelled

The former deputy opposition leader,government minister and long-time state MP died on Monday morning at the age of 63.

  • byMatt Dennien
Accused RBT dodger found 800km outside her'border bubble'limit

Accused RBT dodger found 800km outside her'border bubble'limit

The 50-year-old Tweed Heads resident was stopped for an RBT on Monday in Mackay.

  • byToby Crockford andLucy Stone