American rock legend John Fogerty says he has been “blindsided” after being cut from the line up of a Queensland music festival, apparently with no explanation. Fogerty, 78, who rose to fame as part of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, had originally said he was “looking forward to coming back” to Australia for the first … Read more
A youth worker who was supervising a 13-year-old Queensland boy in state care, when he drowned at a Cedar Creek Falls on April 8, 2021 has been cleared of fault in a coronial inquest. The young boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, ignored his carer’s instructions to stay out of the turbulent and … Read more
COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the state’s Supreme Court has found. The court on Tuesday delivered its judgments in three lawsuits brought by 86 parties against Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service for their directions to workers issued in 2021 and 2022. The judgments did not … Read more
The owner of a beloved tourist attraction and gravity-defying art installation west of Bundaberg has been warned it may soon be taken down due to neighbour complaints. Residents have started a petition to preserve Jim Sauer’s Row Of Machinery in South Kolan, and in a surprise twist, the local mayor says he has also signed … Read more
Danielle Penman could have lost her life days after giving birth to her baby girl as a deadly sepsis infection overwhelmed her body. Penman had an episiotomy after an induced labour but hours after being stitched up, her pain was excruciating. Surgery hours later found a massive haematoma. Stream the world’s best reality, entertainment and … Read more
A young girl left seriously injured in a crash on her way to Taylor Swift’s concert in Melbourne is continuing to recover in hospital but there aren’t any significant updates to her condition, a family friend says. Freya Pokarier, 10, was on her way from Queensland to Melbourne last week to watch the singer when … Read more
The founder of a popular Brisbane-based fashion brand has died while on holiday. Black Milk founder James Lillis was seriously injured in an accident, the fashion brand announced on social media. He died on Thursday, February 22. The circumstances surrounding his death, and where he was holidaying, remain unclear. “He managed to hold on until … Read more
A Cairns teenager living with encephalitis hopes to raise awareness of the autoimmune disease after doctors initially believed she had a common cold. Makenzie Webber, now 16, became sick after a camping trip to Port Douglas in 2018 when she was 10 years old. Her parents thought she had a cold, but in the weeks … Read more
A woman has been served a notice to appear in court over a crash that seriously injured Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon. South Brisbane MP MacMahon remains in hospital after the two-car collision at a busy Brisbane intersection on February 12. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Moment Queensland MP is seriously injured in crash Stream your … Read more
Two teenage boys have been given detention orders after retired Wallabies star Toutai Kefu and three family members were stabbed in a violent home invasion. The youths faced Brisbane Children’s Court on Thursday for sentencing after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to offences committed when they were aged 13 and 15, including intentionally causing … Read more
