No new cases after COVID alert for south-east Queensland venues
No new cases after COVID alert for south-east Queensland venues
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Almost 4000 Queenslanders came forward for a COVID-19 test during the past 24-hour period and there were no positive results, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed.
It came after COVID alerts were issued on Friday for venues across the state s south-east, after a Sydney woman in her 50s picked up the virus in the city s Northern Beaches and visited Queensland.
However, the news in New South Wales is not so good, with another 23 COVID-19 cases from testing in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday and the state s total stands at 30.
Police are investigating the serious assault of a man in Maroochydore early this morning.
At around 1.25am this morning (December 19) a man was located with serious head injuries on Main Road, Maroochydore (intersection of Toombra Street).
The 50-year-old Kuluin man was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital before being transferred to the Royal Brisbane Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
Police are appealing for anyone who left the Maroochydore Hotel around 1am or was in the vicinity of the premises to come forward.
Detectives are also requesting anyone travelling past the location between 12am and 2am who may have dashcam footage or saw anyone walking in the vicinity to contact police.
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Paramedics took three people including a child to hospital after a car crashed into a tree in the early hours of Saturday.
Emergency services were called to Steve Irwin Way at Beerburrum about 4am.
A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said a car had gone down an embankment and crashed into a tree.
Three people were taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
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The Forensic Crash Unit said itâs expected charges will be laid after a fatal crash at a disability support facility.
A 30-year-old man died after the ute he was a passenger in crashed into deep water at Lifestyle Supportsâ Diddillibah property on December 14.
Nambour Forensic Crash Unit officer-in-charge Sergeant Sherry Klump said an investigation into the crash was ongoing.
âA man is dead and charges are expected to be laid,â she said.
Sgt Klump said she could not comment on what the charges could be or how long the investigation would take. An investigation is underway after a ute crashed into a body of water at Lifestyle Supports Diddillibah property.
He was slowly getting back to his new normal, Ms Clear said. Dog groomer Kirk Shearer earlier this year at home with Buttons. On Tuesday he was rushed back to Sunshine Coast University Hospital to have an MRI brain scan. He was just really weak and dizzy, nauseous with blurred vision and really, really bad headaches, Ms Clear said. On Friday the hospital tests revealed the cyst, which if left untreated can cause damage to the brain. They re two completely separate things, what are the chances of having a heart attack and then finding out you ve got this thing in your brain? Ms Clear said.