Matt Johnston
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Journalist @10NewsFirstQLD via @7NewsToowoomba, @7NewsMackay & @couriermail
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22-08-2013 10:38:20
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Police will be given new powers to search all Queenslanders, including children, for weapons in fast-food restaurants like McDonalds. Premier Steven Miles revealed the changes to heartbroken families, who marched on Queensland Parliament again | Matt Johnston
In what has been declared a national crisis, the premier has announced millions of funding to help keep more women and children safe from domestic violence | Matt Johnston
A woman who lost three family members in one car crash, caused by the alleged dangerous driving of an NRL superstar's mother, has won her fight for tougher sentences for those evading police | Matt Johnston
Queensland Police have charged five people during a series of dramatic raids across Brisbane. Authorities say the arrests are linked to a shooting in the city's south | Matt Johnston
A gardener from Beachmere is tonight behind bars, accused of unleashing terror with a pickaxe at Burpengary East | Matt Johnston
A man in his 70s is dead and his wife fighting for her life after a savage attack in Moreton Bay that shocked police. A gardener who was working next door has now been arrested | Matt Johnston
Ryanโs Rule was introduced as a direct path for patients to raise concerns about their treatment in Queenslandโs public hospitals, and a Toowoomba woman wants it expanded to aged care | Matt Johnston
A message re fire ants at Oakey on the Darling Downs.
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Hundreds of thousands of dollarsโ worth of hallucinogenic mushrooms have been found in a Logan home. The haul was so large, police had to bring in a truck | Matt Johnston
Sore heads and nausea are common symptoms of a successful birthday party, but not for a dozen revellers at an 80th in Brisbane. 11 attendees fell violently ill with six taken to hospital | Matt Johnston
It's called the Battle for Brisbane, even though the Broncos insist there is no turf war since the city is theirs. Fans have watched final training sessions in numbers usually seen in a grand final | Brisbane Broncos The Dolphins NRL Matt Johnston #NRL
A widower, described by police as frail and living alone south of the Gold Coast, could be charged after fatally stabbing a burglar who broke into his home. He was attacked with an axe and almost had his arm severed, before fighting back with a knife | Matt Johnston
Queensland Police are searching for a violent, serial thief behind a series of carjackings on the Gold Coast believed to be targeting older drivers | Matt Johnston
A boatie is in an induced coma tonight, after his tinny rammed into a channel marker on the Gold Coast. His deckhand was thrown overboard and swam almost a kilometre to shore | Matt Johnston
One man is in an induced coma following a boat collision on the Gold Coast this morning. Police are still searching for other people they believe could be in the water | Matt Johnston
A young girl has been attacked by a dingo while playing in the shallows of a K'gari beach. The animal is believed to be known to rangers, with authorities going as far as to believe the animal was waiting to pounce | Matt Johnston
Two pilots have walked away from the wreckage of their aircraft, after skidding across the runway with sparks flying. Their landing gear was jammed, forcing them to circle for more than an hour, before putting the plane down, without wheels | Matt Johnston