Townsville police target drivers for Road Safety Week

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1. Queensland Road Safety Week, Townsville

   Townsville police will be targeting driver behaviour across the region's most used highways and motorways this week, including speeding, drink and drug driving, as part of August's Queensland Road Safety Week.

   mypolice.qld.gov.au

2. Photos of bedside rifle cartridges shown to Bogie triple murder trial

   The trial of a Queensland farmer accused of triple murder has seen photos of rifle cartridges, a bloodstained Land Cruiser driver's seat and shell casings.

   abc.net.au

3. Queensland graziers pushed to the brink as feed runs dry

   Nearly a month after vast swathes of Queensland were drought declared, pastures are bare, rivers have stopped running, and hay sheds sit empty.

   abc.net.au

4. 'Enormous concern' Qld police breaking the law escaping workplace punishment

   Queensland's corruption watchdog says it is of "enormous concern" that police officers who are found guilty of a crime but do not have a conviction recorded cannot be disciplined.

   abc.net.au

5. Maroons' search for new Origin coach suffers double setback

   Billy Slater's old pair of assistants in Matt Ballin and Ben Te'o loom as the two leading candidates to take over as Queensland coach, after Cameron Smith and Kevin Walters rule themselves out of the race.

   abc.net.au

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