A MOTORIST has been charged with driving on a railway bridge after his car got stuck and shut down train services in Rockhampton for five hours.

POLICE are happy with the behaviour overnight of Gold Coast schoolies in Surfers Paradise after making just three arrests for drunkenness and obstruction.

A MAN died in a crash south of Brisbane overnight when a car slammed into a vehicle parked on the side of the Pacific Motorway, police say.

A VIOLENT offender attacked two staff after the locks on his mechanical shackles "spontaneously opened" at a high security mental asylum at Goodna.

HE'S a six-time national champion, but for Ky Hurst there is no better feeling than being picked up by a foamy green monster and thrust towards the beach.

CEMETERY workers illegally dug up the remains of an infant at Mount Isa, State Ombudsman David Bevan revealed in his annual report.

PREMIER Anna Bligh has vowed to crackdown on a bogus student visa scam and has offered full support for a top-level investigation.

PARAMEDICS fear hot and humid weather and heavy alcohol consumption could be a dangerous cocktail for the annual Schoolies festival.

THE CMC has slammed police mishandling of the Mulrunji death in custody, unleashing the most scathing attack yet on the investigation.

KELVIN Grove residents are leading a tide of discontent over City Hall's new parking regime as meters march out from the city centre.