Rebecca Masters

Gold Coast

Senior Producer at Nine News Australia

Senior Producer https://t.co/lWCUYvBF1y Enjoys gobblefunking around with words. Tweets are sporadic at best. She/Her

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Building commission warns of shonky tradespeople as flood clean-up continues

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

As the clean-up continues from catastrophic flooding across New South Wales, the government is warning people to be wary of unqualified people posing as tradesmen.
Trio set own car on fire after dousing front door in accelerant

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

Police are searching for three suspects who are likely to have suffered serious burns after setting their own car on fire in Solomontown in South Australia. CCTV footage shows two people wearing black hoodies and pants get out of a car on Young Street in Solomontown just after midnight on Monday and splash accelerant at the front of a nearby home. The pair get back inside the car, which begins to take off down the street before it explodes into flames.
Body found on Townsville street

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

A body has been found in Railway Estate in Townsville this morning. Police were called to Railway Avenue at 9.45am and declared a crime scene. The road is closed between Doorey Street and Queens Road intersections and the public is urged to avoid the area. Investigations are ongoing.Anyone with dashcam should contact police.DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone.
Traveller with measles was on board flight to Sydney on weekend

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

A person with a confirmed case of measles travelled through Sydney International Airport while infections, NSW Health has warned. The person was returning from South-East Asia where there are ongoing outbreks of measles in several cities. Anyone who was on board Vietnam Airlines flight VN773, which departed Ho Chi Minh City at 8pm on Sunday June 15 and arrived in Sydney at 8am on Monday June 16 should watch for symptoms.
Teen charged for driving through fatal crash scene west of Brisbane

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

A teenager has been charged after driving through the scene of a fatal car crash at Brassall, west of Brisbane, on Sunday. Police say the 18-year-old man drove a black Holden Commodore ute through a police roadblock on Fernvale Road at 1.40am on Sunday morning. In video footage provided by police, the ute can be seen accelerating through what is clearly a crash scene, to the sound of tyres crunching over broken glass.
Brisbane news live: One person dead and long delays on Gateway Motorway after crash | Off-duty police officer allegedly attacked by teens on Gold Coast tram

1 week ago | theage.com.au | William Davis |Catherine Strohfeldt |Rebecca Masters

It’s estimated more than 40,000 people are enslaved across the nation, subject to violence, threats, punishing hours, low pay, poor housing and restricted movements. Workers employed through the federal government’s the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme – which employs people from nine Pacific islands and Timor-Leste – were found to be sleeping on benches and lining up at soup kitchens in Bundaberg, in Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region.
Brisbane news live: Off-duty police officer allegedly attacked by teens on Gold Coast tram

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Catherine Strohfeldt |Rebecca Masters

Pinned post from By Rebecca MastersAn off-duty police officer was allegedly attacked by a group of teenagers on a Gold Coast tram after he attempted to stop one of them verbally assaulting staff. Police say the 39-year-old senior constable had finished his shift and was travelling home on the tram just after midnight on Saturday when he saw a girl verbally abusing a staff member.
Off-duty police officer allegedly attacked by teens on Gold Coast tram

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

An off-duty police officer was allegedly attacked by a group of teenagers on a Gold Coast tram after he attempted to stop one of them verbally assaulting staff. Police say the 39-year-old senior constable had finished his shift and was travelling home on the tram just after midnight on Saturday, June 14 when he saw a girl verbally abusing a staff member. When the officer identified himself and attempted to intervene, he was allegedly attacked by the girl and three teenage boys.
Man questioned by police after woman dies of stab wound in Queensland

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

A woman has died after being stabbed at a home north of Gympie in Queensland.Police were called to Creekside Esplanade in Cooloola Cove about 7.15pm and found a woman in her 50s with a stab wound.Despite being treated at the scene, she died of her injuries. A man in his 50s is assisting police and a crime scene has been declared at the home. Anyone with information is urged to contact police.
'The sea will keep rising': The race to save the Gold Coast's beaches

2 weeks ago | 9news.com.au | Rebecca Masters

An offshore dredge spewing a rainbow of sand towards Main Beach is just one part of the estimated $50 million effort to restore the 320,000 semi-trailer loads of sand lost from Gold Coast beaches during Tropical Cyclone Alfred. But as fast as sand is pumped onto the shore, high tides and strong swells wash it away again. The owners of multimillion-dollar properties at Main Beach are desperately trying to save what is left of their backyards. What was once beachfront is now clifftop.