Police pursuit: Teen in court, extradition sought

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers has told an inquest he does not believe he compromised an investigation into a police shooting death in Brisbane last year. Jason Protheroe was fatally wounded in the backyard of a Bracken Ridge property ...

Gold Coast Water Police assisted two men who were forced to abandon their vessel after it caught fire off the Gold Coast last night. Around 6.10pm police received a report of a fire onboard a 52-foot vessel, around four nautical miles off Mermaid ...

A MAN is in a critical condition after being stabbed during an argument at a pub in far north Queensland. Police say the man, 29, was stabbed three times by another man at Rollingstone Hotel in Townsville in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The ...

Source: Quest Newspapers A device Queensland Police thought was a grenade like explosive, which was found at a Logan school, has been confirmed as a pest control spray bottle. Students at Burrowes State School, Marsden, were hustled from their ...

A man who suffered head injuries in Rockhampton in central Queensland last month has died in hospital. Police say the 59-year-old man was injured in a fight with another man at an Ilott Street at Koongal on April 22. A 46-year-old man was arrested ...

Source: The Courier-Mail ONE of the central policy prescriptions in the recent audit of Queensland finances is little more than "wishful thinking", according to an analysis of the 1000-page document conducted by University of Queensland economist ...

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says he has discussed health, policing and business opportunities during a two-day trade trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Mr Newman has signed a memorandum of understanding with PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. The ...

Police in Mount Isa in north-west Queensland have seized what they believe to be a large quantity of synthetic cannabis. An operation has been targeting the sale of the drug, with officers yesterday searching a tattoo parlour. Superintendent Russell ...

A boy in Queensland is in hospital after his hands were ripped apart by a homemade backyard bomb. Police say a group of youths aged between 15 - 21 were playing behind a house in Dampier Street in Leichhardt, west of Brisbane, when the device, the ...