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Police are appealing for information to help find a 27-year-old man missing from Logan. Luke Bates (pictured above) was last seen on Station Road at just before 6 this morning. He has not been seen or heard from since. There's concerns for his welfare as Luke suffers from a medical condition. Police believe...

(Photo: Supplied.) An Ipswich Council candidate has hit the election campaign trail today, wanting to improve the city's reputation following years of scandals.  Division One candidate Jacob Madsen (pictured above) says he would also like council to get on top of roads and rubbish, particularly how rubbish is handled and where it's...

(Photo: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Flickr.) A woman has been bitten by a snake at Ipswich. It happened at a private Karalee address at just before 11 this morning. Queensland Ambulance says the woman was bitten on the foot by the snake and taken...

Police have offered a $250,000 reward to solve the cold case murder of a Gold Coast mum eight years ago. Tina Greer (pictured above/below) was never seen again after dropping her daughter to a friend's house and heading to Clumber in the Scenic Rim to meet with her boyfriend on January...

Thousands of Queensland's firefighters still haven't received high-quality breathing masks. In 2018, the State Government had promised to issue the masks, known as P-3's, but so far, only 200 have been issued. L.N.P Leader and Nanango M.P Deb Frecklington says Labor has let the State's firefighters down. (Image courtesy of www.distrelec.biz)  

Federal Blair M.P Shayne Neumann says it's beyond belief the Prime Minister didn't know about the misuse of $100-million in sports funds. The National Audit Office has found the fund was overwhelmingly used to finance projects in marginal seats, prior to the 2019 election. Mr.Neumann says the then-Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie should...

Changes to Ipswich Hospital parking prices have raised concerns and the irritation levels of locals. Patients and visitors who don't have an Ipswich Hospital Foundation account, and park at the hospital between 6 and 24 hours, will be stung with a $21 fee. Previously, all motorists paid only a set rate of...

Former Ipswich Councillors seeking compensation after being dumped from Council almost 2 years ago, have had their case thrown out of a Queensland Court. Sacked Councillors Tully, Wendt, Bromage, Pahlke, Morrison, Ireland and Charles Pisasale had sought to be reinstated, maintaining their 2018 dismissal was unjust and unreasonable. Council argued the seven...

A $1.3 million upgrade of Toowoomba's Queens Park and Botanic Gardens has been officially opened. The joint project between the State Government and Toowoomba's Regional Council is stage five of the Queens Park Master Plan. Local Government Minister, Stirling Hinchliffe was there to do the honours at the ribbon cutting ceremony. (Image courtesy...

In another case of alleged animal neglect in as many days, investigations into the treatment of a number of miniature horses in the Lockyer Valley have begun, after images of the emaciated ponies started circulating online. At the request of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the R.S.P.C.A intervened to assist...