Bogie triple murder accused tells jury he didn't shoot family

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1. Bogie triple murder accused tells jury he 'didn't shoot family'

   A man accused of a triple murder has told jurors he did not shoot the family that owned and worked on the property next to his Bogie cattle station.

   abc.net.au

2. Kids on train tracks and vehicle collisions spark warning on north Qld cane rail

   Children riding bikes on railways and trains colliding with tractors are among several hits and near misses reported by Wilmar Sugar across the sugarcane train network in north Queensland.

   abc.net.au

3. Stolen vehicle charges, Townsville

   Police have charged a woman following the theft of a vehicle in Townsville City last night, 27 August. It will be alleged she stole a white Volkswagen Jetta parked on Sturt Street and drove it to Charters Towers before crashing.

   mypolice.qld.gov.au

4. Discovery of 30-million-year-old fossilised fruit changes evolutionary story

   The discovery of a 30-million-year-old fossilised fruit has challenged what scientists previously believed about how and when Melastomataceae plants arrived in Australia.

   abc.net.au

5. Qld police charge 23 men in crackdown on Rebels bikie gang

   Qld police have charged 23 men in a crackdown on the Rebels bikie gang, after investigators identified members allegedly wearing vests with the subdued or blacked-out patches of the gang's insignias in public.

   abc.net.au

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