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Crime A stranger tossed petrol onto a man’s bare chest, pulled a lighter from his pocket and set him on fire.

• 18th Feb 2020 7:13 PM

News A BUNDABERG school has achieved one of the state's biggest improvements in the proportion of students getting a top OP.

• 18th Feb 2020 6:59 PM

News FOR 52 new nurses the wards are at their feet.

• 18th Feb 2020 6:50 PM

Breaking A three-year-old boy has been found dead inside a minibus outside a school in Edmonton, south of Cairns. Police are investigating.

Rugby League Andrew Fifita has revealed that he uncovered the financial irregularities that led to a boycott, and this week's explusion, of the Tonga National Rugby League

Crime Disturbing photos show a man, aged in his 20s, with a knife lodged in his stomach after a stabbing at a popular shopping centre this afternoon.

Crime A jury has retired to consider the fate of a man accused of murdering two drug dealers, who were forced into a toolbox and dumped into a dam at Logan.

Basketball A fired up Ben Simmons bounded on to the floor and gave NBA teammate Joel Embiid’s backside a low five, fuelling further rumours of a rift

Crime Residents are in shock over how a pint-sized thief exposed a common household feature to rob a home and use stolen bank cards

Crime Michelle Bridges' lawyer argued for leniency on the basis she had helped Australians lose two million kilograms in weight.

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News A MAN has been given the benefit of a parole release after pleading guilty to contravening a domestic violence order four times.

Environment A man in his 20s has been airlifted to Brisbane after being crushed by a beast in a workplace incident at a Darling Downs feedlot.

Offbeat The iconic Big Boot is on the move. But despite its owner saying it will “soon return looking better than ever”, its future is far from certain.

AFL Official figures from the AFL show just how many players surpassed the seven-figure mark, with two superstars leading the way

Opinion The Order of Australia recipient blamed a dating guide for turning women into bitches. How dare she use this term to describe our women, says Frances Whiting.

Business The managing director of one of Queensland’s biggest Holden distributors has labelled this week’s brand cut as “devastating”

Business Clive Palmer’s shuttered Queensland Nickel refinery has coughed up more than $700,000 in cash owed to ratepayers.

News Police are still piecing together the moments before a man was found dead in unit fire, leaving behind seven grandkids and a beloved dog who escaped the blaze.

Crime Police have made a shocking highway drug bust after discovering an ignorant father putting his child’s safety at risk.

Offbeat A scientist received a late night surprise in a Daintree laboratory, after discovering a “dead” snake in an unlikely place.

News An elderly woman hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing on Atherton’s main street has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries.

News MANY hands make light work and there was no shortage of people ready to help those less fortunate in the region.

News Supermarket giant Coles has joined a growing list of Australian companies which have been underpaying staff millions of dollars. Here is how you can find out

Crime High-profile solicitor has lost his latest legal bid, the judge telling him he failed a community expectation that he would “uphold the laws, not break them”

Business The Boy Scouts of America have filed for bankruptcy protection in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan for sex abuse victims.