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30th December 2024

PM Edition

‘Dire’: Grandma evicted from home of 30 years

A Townsville grandmother says the pain of being told to vacate her rental home of three decades just a week before Christmas was worse than battling cancer.

Julia Creek crash, car strikes tree

A section of the Flinders Hwy has been temporarily blocked after a car left the road and struck a tree outside Julia Creek at Gilliat River.

Inside Aussie designers’ dream homes

From coastal retreats to urban sanctuaries, take a peek inside the incredible homes of top architects and designers.

1600 job losses: Why is our resource rich region struggling?

Why are junior mines struggling to develop in North Queensland? A vocal regional MP believes the reason comes down to contradicting values among the bureaucrats.

Horror start to July headlines with triple-fatality bus crash

Non sport-related news headlines in the Townsville Bulletin in the month of July began tragically with the horrific Greyhound bus accident on the Bruce Highway.

Labourer jailed for ‘brazen’ $179,000 fake earthworks tax fraud

A labourer and former council worker has been jailed after admitting he invented a “site preparations services” business with a $2.1m turnover to falsely claim GST refunds of $179,...

‘Humans before sharks’: Gov vows action after deadly attack

A 40-year-old man killed in a shark attack off Central Queensland was a school chaplain and avid fisherman, with his death prompting calls for a shark cull in the area.

Explosions, near retirement: Jess Watson’s rollercoaster Sydney to Hobart

Jessica Watson has completed a fourth Sydney to Hobart – complete with a generator explosion, near retirement and top home cooking – with mixed emotions after a race tragedy.

Five charged over Liam Payne’s balcony plunge death

Several people are reported to have been charged in connection with the death of tragic One Direction star Liam Payne.

‘Shooting fish in a barrel’: Shock cop tactic nabs drivers red-handed

South Australia’s new mobile phone detection cameras are already catching a multitude of drivers. Now police have turned to a shock tactic to nab even more.