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Search and rescue crews retrieved a pair of 18-year-old hikers who fell down a cliff face on Mount Beerwah on Sunday.

Woman dies, partner fights for life after falling down cliff face

The hikers fell between 60 and 90 metres down the cliff, with police suspecting recent rain had made the track treacherous.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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Tony Burke is facing pressure to act on the case.

Pressure on Burke to deport accused paedophile from Sunshine Coast

The accused paedophile says he’s too sick to travel to New Zealand to face charges.

  • Dan Nolan
A swimmer has gone missing in Caloundra.

Search for swimmer missing from Sunshine Coast beach

The man, in his 60s, was last seen in the water about 2pm on Wednesday.

  • Dominique Tassell
Ronald Thompson now lives in a waterfront apartment at Maroochydore.

Accused child predator, too sick for trial in NZ, found living on Sunshine Coast

The former carpet salesman’s trial on charges of abusing six children was stopped due to medical evidence that he was “palliative” with “months to live”.

  • Dan Nolan
Pedestrians in inner-city Brisbane have their umbrellas out as rain falls throughout the city.

Flood warnings across Queensland as low-pressure system moves south

A flood watch was in place for most of Queensland on Monday as rainfall blanketed Brisbane and several people were rescued from flooded Queensland areas.

  • Dominique Tassell and Catherine Strohfeldt
Ambulance ramping is getting worse in Queensland, according to the AMA.

Stabbed boy fighting for life, man charged over separate stabbing

The teenage boy was stabbed in the back, while two other people were wounded in an alleged crime spree.

  • Dominique Tassell
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Queensland Police at the scene of a police shooting on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday.

Man shot by police after crash now hit with serious charges

The shooting was the second in two days near Brisbane.

  • William Davis
Kawana Beach was hit with heavy surf conditions during Cyclone Alfred in March last year.

Search launched for missing swimmer on Sunshine Coast

Lifeguards, water police, Polair, and officers were searching for the missing person into Wednesday evening.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland Police at the scene of a police shooting on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday.

Armed man shot near highway after fleeing crash, police say

The police union alleges the man brandished the same gun in a neighbourhood dispute the day before he was shot by officers.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
The Queensland government wants to connect Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, via a rail and light rail alternative dubbed ‘The Wave’.

Opposition raises concerns over transport project’s contract roles

The transport department has revealed it awarded commercial roles on “The Wave” to members of a new consulting firm who recently left another government agency.

  • Matt Dennien