Peter Michael
The Courier-Mail
Australia
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Prisoner seizes his chance to escape
POLICE are hunting an escaped prisoner who has “one life, one chance” tattooed on his neck and is now on the run. → Read More
Two missing, thousands flee as homes go under
AUTHORITIES are desperately searching for two men missing in Townsville’s flood as locals pleaded for a reprieve from the torrential rain. → Read More
Police among those rescued as gates of hell open
TWO police officers were among those who had to be rescued overnight, as authorities received hundreds of calls for help after a wall of water rushed through the already flood-stricken Townsville when the Ross River Dam gates automatically tripped open after days of torrential rain. → Read More
D-Day as far north goes under
OFFICIALS fear today is D-Day for Townsville, as extreme rainfall and a catastrophic flood disaster engulfs the 185,000-strong north Queensland city. → Read More
Army called in as ‘catastrophic’ floods predicted
OFFICIALS fear predicted totals of up to 2m of rainfall — on top of an already metre-high deluge — will plunge North Queensland into a record-breaking catastrophic flood disaster on a 700km-long stretch of coast from Cairns to Mackay. → Read More
Trump’s right-hand man arrives in Queensland
US VICE President Mike Pence has jetted into Cairns amid escalating fears a US-China trade spat will trigger a “domino effect” into cold war in the Indo-Pacific. → Read More
Turbulent skies fail to rain on memorial parade
EMOTIONS have run high in a tearful memorial to three people killed a year ago in Australia’s worst skydiving tragedy at Mission Beach. → Read More
Aussie girl, 6, sets Everest record
CAIRNS girl Maya Bristow, 6, is the youngest Aussie to trek unaided to Everest Base Camp and the adventure is not over. → Read More
Flooding a ‘catastrophe’: Insurance council
UPDATE 9.20pm Saturday: Three of the children trapped at a school camp near Tully have been flown to Cairns after contracting a bout of gastro. → Read More
‘Double whammy’: Cyclone fears for state’s north
NORTH Queensland faces a possible double whammy of two tropical cyclones forming up in the Gulf and Coral Sea. → Read More
Beaches closed, ‘swell drought’ broken
DANGEROUS conditions have closed beaches across the southeast today. → Read More
Mission Beach skydive tragedy: Fall was filmed by one of three killed
GRAPHIC video footage captured the horror of a mid-air collision and final moments of a fatal plunge of three skydivers at Mission Beach. → Read More
US Osprey crash: Third missing marine identified
THREE decorated US Marines have been officially confirmed dead following a recovery mission on the wreckage of a crashed Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft off the Queensland coast overnight. → Read More
Suspected Panama TR4 outbreak at Queensland banana farm
BIOSECURITY officials are investigating a new suspected outbreak of the deadly Panama TR4 on a banana farm in Tully. → Read More
Alleged Cairns kidnap victim Jessica Hamill ‘driven off cliff’
KIDNAP victim Jessica Hamill was allegedly bashed, strangled and driven off a cliff during 16 hours of hell. → Read More
Rorts push Cyclone Debbie repair bill through roof
CYCLONE Debbies 2 billion recovery bill has blown out due to rogue outfits and cowboy tradesmen charging up to a 400 per cent mark-up on rebuilding costs two months after the natural disaster. → Read More
Cairns massacre: community will never forgot Murray Street, Manoora massacre
RAINA Thaiday called herself the chosen one. → Read More
Queensland cyclone: Hamilton Island faces massive five-month rebuild
HAMILTON Island faces a massive five-month rebuild but will partly reopen for business next Saturday after all hell broke loose. → Read More
Queensland cyclone: Latest news, tracking for Cyclone Debbie
QUEENSLANDERS are waking up to a huge clean up following the “monster” cyclone Debbie, as the now ex-tropical cyclone still brings heavy rain as it works its way through the state. → Read More
Queensland Cyclone Debbie: Residents warned to be ready
TOWNSVILLE is braced for Category 3, possibly Category 4, destructive winds with the 50km eye of Tropical Cyclone Debbie predicted to slam into the coast near Ayr on Tuesday. → Read More