Warren Barnsley

Oct 24, 2024 | 7news.com.au | Warren Barnsley

The sister of Queensland cricket great Carl Rackemann has been allegedly murdered by her son in a Brisbane home. Suzy Rackemann, 61, allegedly suffered a critical head injury during a fight with her 29-year-old son Conor Robert Rackemann in an Upper Kedron home on August 17. She was taken to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, while the young man was charged with grievous bodily harm. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today She died from her injuries in the same hospital nine days later.

Oct 24, 2024 | 7news.com.au | Warren Barnsley

A 62-year-old man has nearly ploughed into oncoming traffic while allegedly drunkenly driving onto the wrong side of Queensland’s Bruce Hwy. The man was allegedly behind the wheel of a ute when he “crossed on to the other side of the road, narrowly missing oncoming traffic” near Mackay about 10pm on Thursday, police said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: High-vis clad man accused of drunkenly driving onto the wrong side of the road.

Oct 24, 2024 | 7news.com.au | Warren Barnsley

After 65 years of entertaining punters in northwest Queensland, the Mount Isa Rodeo — the largest such event in the southern hemisphere — may be axed. The rodeo has gone into voluntary administration after lower-than-expected attendance this year, administrators SV Partners said. The accountancy firm has taken hold of the books and director Michael Brennan is looking at ways to save the “iconic and important” event.

Oct 24, 2024 | 7news.com.au | Warren Barnsley

A man and a girl have suffered life-threatening head injuries in a head-on car crash with a truck that also left a baby injured on Queensland’s Bruce Hwy. The man in his 30s, the baby boy and girl, whose age was undetermined, were travelling in a Suzuki Swift driven by a 25-year-old woman when it crashed into an oncoming prime mover at Aldershot, north of Maryborough, about 5.40pm on Thursday. The truck exploded in the aftermath of the impact and was destroyed by fire.

Oct 22, 2024 | 7news.com.au | Dani Sharp |Warren Barnsley

A Singapore-based house hunter is one of a number of parties interested in a “very rare” Queensland property that has hit the market for the first time. Renowned Sunshine Coast builder Col Wallace built Wintergreen — comprising six bedrooms, four bathrooms and seven car spaces — on the tree-laden, sprawling Buderim block in 2009. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: A look inside Wintergreen as it goes on sale for the first time.