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The Greater Brisbane lockdown will end tonight as planned but masks will be mandatory in some places with the spread of the highly-contagious UK coronavirus strain still a threat. For residents living in Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and Redlands, the three-day lockdown ends at 6pm, meaning people can leave their...

  A woman has been injured after falling off a horse, north west of Bundaberg.    The rescue chopper was sent to a property at 12.40pm on Sunday.      It's believed the woman, aged in her 50's, had been mustering cattle, when the horse she was riding was spooked and threw her off.   She was...

Police are appealing for information or footage of an incident at Yeppoon where a man was stabbed. Around 1am Sunday, a man left his residence on Rawlings Street and was confronted by an armed man. The man forced the 59-year-old resident back into his house and demanded money from him. When the...

  UPDATE | Following further contact tracing work today, Queensland Health has expanded its list of venues where a confirmed COVID-19 case has visited.Contact tracing is currently underway with the PHU contacting those determined to be close contacts directly.While the risk to Queenslanders is considered low, anyone who has been in these...

Greater Brisbane residents are going into a three-day lockdown from tonight as health authorities scramble to contain the spread of the highly-contagious UK strain of coronavirus. From 6pm tonight until 6pm Monday, residents in the local government areas of Brisbane, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Logan and Redlands can only leave home for...

Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash, south west of Rockhampton, that has left an elderly couple with serious injuries. The pair, aged in their 70s, have been airlifted to hospital after the car they were travelling in hit a drain and flipped onto its roof, near Kokotungo, west of Baralaba. They...