Horse riding accident in Pomona
A woman in her 40s with a shoulder injury was taken to Nambour Hospital after an accident with a horse at a private property in Pomona at about 6pm on Friday 23 August.
Truck crash in Pomona
Paramedics took a stable man in his 20s to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a single-truck crash on Reserve Street in Pomona at about 10.30pm on Saturday 24 August.
Stabbing in Maroochydore
A second person in relation to the alleged assault in Maroochydore on 19 August, has been found and charged.
A 16-year-old Kuluin boy was arrested at an Anzac Avenue address in Maroochydore on 20 August.
It will be alleged a 45-year-old Maroochydore man was kicked in the head and stabbed once in his thigh after a fight with two boys at the Maroochydore bus station on Horton Parade around 2.45pm on Monday.
The man was taken to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The boys allegedly ran from the scene but one of them was found at a property on Bungama Street, Maroochydore on Monday night.
The second boy has been charged with one count each of common assault and wounding.
He was refused police bail and appeared in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 21 August.
Initial investigations indicate the boys and the man are not known to each other.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police.
Queensland campaigns to lead awareness on coercive control and sexual consent
‘Only 100 per cent is Consent’ and ‘Patterns of Coercive Control’ seek to educate the community about new laws that will criminalise coercive control as a standalone offence, while also strengthening sexual consent laws.
The strengthened sexual consent laws will begin on 23 September, with the coercive control offence starting on 26 May 2025.
SES Week launches with celebrations and awards ceremonies held across the state
Each year Queensland celebrates the outstanding contribution of SES volunteers, with SES Week which runs from 24 to 31 August.
SES Week brings Queenslanders together to applaud the passion, hard work and commitment of SES personnel to serving the community.
Unions welcome new right-to-disconnect laws as a cost-of-living win
From 26 August, most employees now have the right to refuse monitoring, reading or responding to unreasonable work-related communications outside of work hours.
The right extends to all forms of work-related communication, including from third parties such as clients, customers and students.
The new right kicks in for workers of small businesses from 26 August, 2025.
Urgent call as whooping cough cases surge
Pregnant people are being encouraged to protect themselves and their unborn baby by getting a free whooping cough vaccine.
This year there have been more than 7000 cases reported compared to just over 100 cases in the same period last year.
A whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy is the best way to protect your baby from the disease.
Screening needed to halt Queensland’s deadly syphilis outbreak
Doctors are warning that a syphilis outbreak that began in Queensland’s North-West is now claiming the lives of unborn babies across the state.
Last year four Queensland babies died from congenital syphilis, which occurs when a baby is infected with the disease in the womb by their mother.
It was the highest annual congenital syphilis death toll recorded this century and clinicians fear worse may be to come.
