Accidents
Bike helmet laws will change to allow religious exemptions
Marissa Calligeros Members of the Sikh community will be exempt from wearing a bicycle helmet in Queensland under new laws to allow for religious beliefs.
Union to fight power asset sales
Tony Moore and Marissa Calligeros Queensland’s electricty union has declared it will campaign against any sell-off of government-owned energy suppliers in the government’s marginal seats.
Truck crashes into Brisbane house
Marissa Calligeros A truck has crashed into a home at Annerley, in Brisbane's southern suburbs.
Teenage driver killed in truck collision
Ellen Lutton ONE woman was killed and five people were injured in two accidents involving B-double trucks.
Police in desperate bid to quell holiday road toll
Every available Queensland police officer will be deployed to the state's roads from this week in an effort to keep the Christmas road toll down.
65 kids known to Queensland government die
Kym Agius Sixty-five Queensland children known to the Department of Communities died in the year to June, a new report shows.
Sun, surf and sand for Easter long weekend
Bridie Jabour It is going to be a sun-soaked Easter, though weather forecasters are warning people to take care in the surf with rough conditions predicted at the beach over the long weekend.
Surf titles to move from deadly beach
A notorious Gold Coast beach that has claimed the lives of three teenage surf lifesavers is set to be dumped as the venue for the sport's national titles.
Stricken reef ship secured to tugboat
A stricken bulk carrier adrift off the far north Queensland coast has been secured to a tug.
Water playground claims young lives
Marissa Calligeros Watersports are a favourite pastime in Goondiwindi, but the township is reeling after a tragedy claimed two young lives.
Four men badly injured in balcony falls
Ellen Lutton and Justin Norrie THREE men are fighting for their lives in Queensland hospitals after falling off apartment balconies in two separate accidents.
Broken tow rope 'like slingshot', killing boy in back seat
Marissa Calligeros Addison Yates was sitting in the back seat of a four-wheel-drive bogged in bushland mud when the hook of the tow rope being used to pull them free came loose, catapulting through the car's back...
