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Dominique Tassell

Dominique Tassell

Dominique Tassell is a reporter at Brisbane Times.

A woman has died after a car crashed into a home on the Gold Coast.

Elderly woman dies after car crashes into house

The car crashed into the brick exterior of the home, injuring the woman and the man behind the wheel.

  • Dominique Tassell

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Tropical cyclone Narelle crossed Cape York on Friday, leaving damage in its wake.

Concerns for vessel in cyclone aftermath

The Premier also acknowledged the government needs to learn from disasters, after it was revealed Coen didn’t have a cyclone shelter for residents.

  • Dominique Tassell
A woman has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run.

Woman fighting for life after alleged hit-and-run in Greenslopes

Police have urged the motorcycle rider to come forward.

  • Dominique Tassell
Cyclone Narelle

Cyclone Narelle: Storm downgraded; makes landfall between Lockhart River and Cape Melville as towns evacuated along Queensland’s northern tip

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone makes landfall and hammers communities in Far North Queensland.

  • Dominique Tassell, Cloe Read, William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
A roof blown off a structure in Coen.

Damaging winds and heavy rain continue as Cyclone Narelle crosses cape

“Do not let stupidity shorten your life … driving into flood water can have fatal consequences.”

  • Cloe Read, William Davis and Dominique Tassell
An image of Cyclone Narelle, off the Far North Queensland coast, on Wednesday.

Cyclone Narelle: Warnings issued for Queensland coastline as storm intensifies to category 5

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone barrels towards the Queensland coastline, with an updated map from the weather bureau, emergency crews sent north and communities starting evacuations or hunkering down.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt, Dominique Tassell and William Davis
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Cyclone Narelle moves towards the Queensland coast.

Far North Queenslanders brace for ferocious category 5 cyclone

“If a category 5 system crosses the coast in this location, it’ll be the first time that’s happened in over 100 years,” the Queensland premier said.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt, Dominique Tassell and William Davis
Ben’s Restaurant has been an institution for many years.

Beloved decades-old karaoke restaurant closes suddenly

The inner-city restaurant closed unexpectedly, announcing the news online and taping a sign to its front door.

  • Dominique Tassell
Police at Burnett Heads, north of Bundaberg, where a man was reported missing as the floodwater receded.

Man missing from houseboat in flood-ravaged Queensland town

A search is under way for a man missing in a river north of Bundaberg days after two tourists were found dead in their flooded vehicle.

  • Dominique Tassell
Two teenagers died and a motorcyclist was hospitalised in the crash.

E-bike’s legality under examination after two teens die

Police said the teenagers were both riding the e-bike, which was hit head-on by the motorbike.

  • Dominique Tassell, Cameron Atfield and Felicity Caldwell