Teen hit by lightning, homes destroyed

UPDATE: A TEENAGER has been struck by lightning and homes were destroyed as dangerous thunderstorms smashed southeast Queensland.

Wife’s horror at Uber driveway tragedy

A WELL-KNOWN Toowoomba businessman is dead after an Uber car dropping his wife off ran over him in the driveway of the family home.

Cook MP back in hot water

TROUBLE-prone MP Billy Gordon is facing multiple ­investigations that could prompt calls for his eviction from State Parliament and spark a general election.

Palmer resort becomes an eyesore

THE Palmer Resort on the Sunshine Coast has become an embarrassing, rundown eyesore instead of a jewel in the state’s tourism crown – but one person has been living there without power for almost a year.

Dad tells judge his ex-wife is a witch

A FATHER trying to get unsupervised access to his children accused his ex-wife of being a witch and told the Family Court she used sorcery to make their kids sick.

Jones gets last laugh in Wallaby year from hell

EDDIE Jones has rubbed salt into Australia’s wounds after England won 37-21 by revealing that suggestions he made to improve the playing stocks when he was Wallabies coach were ignored.

Cowboys neglecting my son, says Ponga’s dad

KALYN Ponga is under contract to North Queensland next season but has a four-year deal with the Knights from 2018. But his father wants him out, now.

Buddist retreat rocking Airbnb for sale

A SUNSHINE Coast Buddhist-themed and Bali-inspired guesthouse is on the market.

From refugee to supervillain

HE fled Afghanistan aged 7, a scared refugee boy. He felt violence was his only way through life. By 26, Farhad Qaumi was Sydney’s remorseless supervillain.