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The Queensland Ambulance Service has confirmed a woman who was being treated at the scene of a serious bus crash in the Brisbane CBD could not be saved.
An ambulance spokesman confirmed an earlier report from Brisbane City Council that the woman, who suffered critical injuries in the crash, had died at the scene.
Other injured pedestrians and passengers were taken to hospital.
A woman was killed when a bus mounted the kerb on Edward Street at peak hour, a Brisbane City Council spokesman said.
The driver of the bus is believed to have suffered a medical episode before crashing into pedestrians outside the ANZAC Square Arcade, near Central train station.
Several pedestrians were injured, with at least one pinned by the bus. The Queensland Ambulance Service had earlier confirmed a critically injured pedestrian was being assessed at the scene.
Nine passengers on the bus were also assessed by ambulance officers and five were transported to hospital with minor injuries.
Police are appealing for information after a woman was grabbed from behind and held while walking in Brisbane’s CBD.
The 52-year-old was walking along Albert Street, between Margaret and Mary streets, on January 30 when a man grabbed her from behind around the waist and held her, police said.
“The man was not known to her and released the woman after approximately 20 seconds,” police said.
Police have released vision of a man who they wish to speak to. He was described as Caucasian, about 175 centimetres tall, and with a slim build and dark hair.
Detectives urged anyone who may have been involved in similar incidents to come forward.
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The Queensland Ambulance Service has confirmed a woman who was being treated at the scene of a serious bus crash in the Brisbane CBD could not be saved.
An ambulance spokesman confirmed an earlier report from Brisbane City Council that the woman, who suffered critical injuries in the crash, had died at the scene.
Other injured pedestrians and passengers were taken to hospital.
A woman was killed when a bus mounted the kerb on Edward Street at peak hour, a Brisbane City Council spokesman said.
The driver of the bus is believed to have suffered a medical episode before crashing into pedestrians outside the ANZAC Square Arcade, near Central train station.
Several pedestrians were injured, with at least one pinned by the bus. The Queensland Ambulance Service had earlier confirmed a critically injured pedestrian was being assessed at the scene.
Nine passengers on the bus were also assessed by ambulance officers and five were transported to hospital with minor injuries.
A bus driver is believed to have had a medical episode before crashing into pedestrians at peak hour near Central train station in the CBD.
A Brisbane City Council spokesman said it appeared the bus lost control and mounted the kerb on Edward Street, just down from the Ann Street intersection, at around 5pm on Friday.
One person, believed to be a female pedestrian, was pinned between the bus and the ANZAC Square Arcade building on Edward Street. Paramedics were attending to the patient at the scene and their injuries were understood to be life-threatening.
Other pedestrians were also injured in the incident. The condition of the bus driver was not immediately known.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the crash was “a truly devastating incident”.
A person has been critically injured after being pinned between a bus and a building in Brisbane’s CBD.
Nine Queensland Ambulance Service units were sent to Edward Street just after 5pm on Friday after a bus mounted the kerb at peak hour, not far from Central station.
Multiple patients were being assessed at the scene. Paramedics were seen attending to the critically injured patient behind a privacy screen.
Police closed that section of Edward Street to traffic and pedestrians.
A man who was caught with dozens of child sexual abuse videos on his phone after flying to Australia has been spared jail but could face deportation.
Nischal Singh Thakuri, 25, faced Brisbane District Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally importing prohibited goods in the form of child exploitation material.
Thakuri arrived at Brisbane Airport on March 21, 2023 via a flight from Singapore after visiting family in Nepal.
The crown prosecutor said Thakuri was identified by the Border Force for a bag check and co-operated with officers who then asked him to unlock his Samsung Galaxy smartphone and open an encrypted folder within the device.
He was found in possession of 73 videos, 51 of which featured a child under 13 involved in or witnessing a sexual act.
An unprecedented fifth mass coral bleaching event in just eight years is rolling across the Great Barrier Reef, the result of yet another marine heatwave, in another sign of the deteriorating forecasts for Australia’s marine wonder under global warming.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said aerial surveys that two thirds of the reefs that comprise the 2300 kilometre-long ecosystem along the Queensland coast showed signs of bleaching, as a result of a marine heatwave.
“Climate change is the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef, and coral reefs globally,” the authority’s chief scientist Dr Roger Beeden said.
“The results are consistent with what we have seen with above-average sea surface temperatures across the (reef) for an extended period of time.”
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner will open the new Everton Park library on Saturday and has invited locals to “enjoy this investment in your community” – a week ahead of the council election.
Writing directly to local voters on his official letterhead, and without any campaign authorisation statement, Schrinner said the local LNP councillor, Tracy Davis, would also attend the opening.
“The new library is more than double the size of the former library, complete with community meeting rooms, a computer lounge, Wi-Fi and ample seating,” Schrinner said.
The Labor opposition has long accused Schrinner and the LNP administration of using ratepayer funds for political promotions.
The new library was originally tipped to cost $11.6 million but Schrinner somehow banked $750,000 in savings as part of budget cuts announced in November.
While other projects have suffered blowouts, a council spokeswoman said the scope of the library works had not changed.
The Foyer Foundation is calling on the federal government to fund 10 new youth foyers across Australia to house and support more than 3000 young Australians at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness over the next decade.
Youth Foyers are designed for people aged 15 to 24, and offer independent living with on-site support.
In February, the Queensland government announced it would build eight new youth foyers across the state under the Homes for Queensland plan.
FoyerInvest, a consortium of 13 community organisations backing the federal push for funding, has proposed two Queensland locations in the budget submission: Caboolture and Mango Hill.
Papua New Guinea captain Kyle Laybutt backs the creation of a home-based NRL side and wants Wayne Bennett to be the inaugural coach.
The 28-year-old led the Kumuls to the Pacific Cup title on the international stage last year.
Laybutt welcomed recent comments by ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys that basing a PNG NRL side in Port Moresby rather than the north of Queensland was the best way forward.
The ARLC is investigating NRL expansion with PNG and Perth among leading contenders.