Suspended Logan mayor Luke Smith is charged with assault, obstructing police and wilful damage, and is taken to Beenleigh watch house with a bloody wound to his forehead after being arrested at Meadowbrook this morning.
Category: ABC Brisbane News
Global postcards for boy battling leukaemia a great 'distraction'
A Sunshine Coast boy nearing the end of his leukaemia treatment is thanking generous writers from around the world who have sent him more than 1,000 postcards to make his battle with the disease more bearable over the past three years.
Man once acquitted for 1980s murder charged again under double jeopardy laws
Queensland’s double jeopardy provisions are being used for the first time after a man previously acquitted for a murder is charged again in relation to the 1980s death.
Qld family farm revives rosella products and provides jobs for locals
A farming family north of on the Sunshine Coast is winning over new fans with the old-fashioned favourite, growing one of the few commercial crops in the country.
'56 Kombi ute 'rustoration' ignites boy's passions
A nine-year-old boy who restored a 1956 Kombi found abandoned in a paddock is now looking for his next restoration project, and is thrilled a small town helped find the Kombi’s original owner.
Rock and roll is noise pollution, for ladybirds
Researchers have discovered ladybirds drastically change their behaviour when they were subjected to AC/DC, and it is bad news for farmers and gardeners.
Moreton Island property owners cut deal with Tangalooma over fee hikes
A long-running dispute over service fee hikes for Moreton Island property owners is resolved in a new deal, set to rein in annual fees and fix future increases.
'Left out': Queenslanders say they got nothing from economic growth
Almost six in 10 Queenslanders feel they probably haven’t benefited from the nation’s record run of economic growth, a new CEDA survey reveals.
Man shot and dumped on Gold Coast roadside 'known to police'
Detectives say a man shot in the leg and left by the side of a road in the Gold Coast suburb of Helensvale is known to police and the shooting “isn’t a random act”.
Queensland Film Festival: A female-first utopia for cinema lovers
The boutique festival has set a new bar for gender parity in festival line-ups, with a line-up that’s 80 per cent female and non-binary.