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6th February 2025

PM Edition

Mad Cow manager, employees fired after ‘disgusting’ social media video

A video showing employees from a Townsville nightclub has gone viral with disturbing comments made about rape and race, with the business releasing a statement saying they are inve...

Tensions reach boiling point at prison after 9yo’s death

Staff have been warned over increased tensions with prisoners at Townsville Correctional Centre following the alleged murder of a 9yo boy. Here’s why.

‘I was flooded three times but still can’t get a hardship grant’

A Townsville store owner, facing thousands of dollars in damages after being flooded three times, is urging the government to expand disaster aid citywide to help those left withou...

Temporary bridge not open for public access, police warn

Police have set up strict checkpoints to restrict public access to Ingham from Townsville as the army builds a temporary bridge to get supplies through to stranded residents.

‘So tiny, so cold’: Lost, shivering joey melts hearts

Washed up under a Townsville patio and with no sign of its mother, a tiny shivering wallaby joey has captured the hearts of Queenslanders as it’s whisked away to a local wildlife c...

‘Slim chance’ power could be switched on as groceries given away

Power in flood-ravaged Ingham could be restored as early as today, but crews are still testing the network. LATEST ON INGHAM FLOODS.

FLOODY LEGENDS: Champions of NQ wild weather event

From an Aussie music star who jumped behind a busy cafe counter along The Strand to help serve customers to all the local legends who filled a sandbag or rescued someone from flood...

Gout Gout calls out world’s fastest man

Gout Gout isn’t just the hottest name in Australian sport - he’s making waves in international athletes. And the teen freak has put the world’s fastest man on notice.

‘Unthinkable’: Update on Laos methanol deaths

The Australian government has provided a disturbing update into the investigation into the methanol poisoning deaths of six foreign tourists, including two Melbourne teens.

Pregnant couple’s desperate act amid deportation threat

A Queensland child protection worker who has lived in Australia for nine years, and who is six months pregnant, says she and her partner face being deported to the UK.