A young doctor who switched her seaside upbringing to living and working in her dream job in northwest Queensland is urging other medical graduates to reconsider their career options and head into rural medicine. Gabrielle Keating never thought her six-week placement in Mt Isa would lead her to finding herContinue Reading
Traditional owners of Great Keppel Island, the troubled former tourist mecca in Queensland, have lodged a fresh native title claim for exclusive ownership and use of key parts of the island after the state government cancelled the lease for its dilapidated resort. The Woppaburra people were formally recognised in 2021Continue Reading
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is celebrating her 70th birthday a few months early by launching a collectors edition of her new gin and vodka range. At first glance, Ms Hanson appears on the commemorative bottle to be presenting herself in the fashion of a Roman senator but upon closerContinue Reading
A killer stepdad responsible for the disappearance and murder of his teenage stepdaughter made a chilling claim years after she disappeared, maintaining to his other stepdaughter she was still alive. Rodney Michael Cherry is serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife Annette – whom he ordered hisContinue Reading
A man serving two life sentences for the grisly double murder of his wife and stepdaughter in rural Queensland has failed in his bid for freedom. Rodney Michael Cherry is serving two life sentences for killing his stepdaughter Kira Guise in the late 1990s, just two years after plotting theContinue Reading
When Carla Sikes found out at her 20-week ultrasound that her sixth child – a baby boy – had spina bifida, a condition affecting around one in 2000 Australian babies, everything seemed to freeze. “I think I just went completely numb,” recalled the Queensland mum. The baby’s spinal cord hadContinue Reading
Two people have been charged after a car was allegedly stolen with a four-month old baby in the back seat. The woman, 23, was packing items into the boot of her grey Nissan Patrol at about 12.10pm on Wednesday in Yeppoon in central Queensland when a woman allegedly got intoContinue Reading
Police have released bodycam vision of the moment an officer had to wake an alleged drunk-driver who had fallen asleep at a set of traffic lights. The incident happened at about 1am on Sunday along Maroochydore Rd, Maroochydore in the heart of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The footage shows an officerContinue Reading
The F45 Training franchise has been dealt another blow as two more gyms have collapsed while currently around 50 gyms across the country are up for sale. News.com.au has also obtained records of a F45 gym operating out of Sydney looking to sell up that shows it made just $6000Continue Reading
Once-loyal F45 customers are fuming as many of their local gyms have suddenly collapsed, which has left them hundreds of dollars, and in one case thousands, out of pocket. The fitness industry has endured a massive shake-up since the Covid-19 pandemic and many gyms are going into liquidation as governmentContinue Reading