Fraser Coast Chronicle

Daughters wait by father’s bedside after horror crash

Father-of-three underwent an eight-hour operation to remove a brain blood clot after a quad bike rollover

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04th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

A fundraiser has been set up for Paul Jooste and his family after the 48 year old was put in a critical condition following a quad bike rollover on Thursday October 29. Picture: Go Fund Me

Golfer bitten by deadly snake during round on CQ course

The player was the second person to be bitten by a snake in the CQ town this month.

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16th Oct. 2020 6:10 AM

RACQ CQ Rescue air crewman Quinton Rethus warns of the dangers of snakes as the weather heats up in Central Queensland.

‘Deliberate and reckless’: Toy risks lives of rescue crews

A handheld toy has threatened the lives of a father, his sick son and a team of first responders

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23rd Aug. 2020 1:08 PM

RACQ CQ Rescue has made an official report to police after a laser beam was shone at the helicopter during a medical transfer on Thursday. Picture: Rob Maccoll

Man dies on fishing boat off Bowen coast

Paramedics performed CPR for half an hour before the man was declared dead

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18th Aug. 2020 2:08 PM

An RACQ CQ Rescue spokesman said the man suffered a suspected heart attack at 10.30am while on a 4.5m boat off Gould Reef

Teenage bull rider trampled by animal in CQ

A Gargett teen was left with a serious concussion after taking on a beast in at a bull riding school

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04th Aug. 2020 6:08 AM

RACQ CQ Rescue responded to five missions over the weekend including to Middlemount on Sunday to airlift a teenager injured in bull-riding accident.

Sick sailor evacuated from bulk carrier off Mackay coast

Sailor hospitalised from Hay Point under COVID-19 precautions after ship docked in South Korea.

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16th March 2020 12:03 PM

RACQ CQ Rescue has flown an ill 29-year-old sailor from the bulk carrier Pan Bora which was moored at Hay Point yesterday. PICTURE: RACQ CQ Rescue

Rescuers had given up hope of finding Yalboroo woman

Rescuers find 83-year-old woman ‘caked in mud, lying flat on her back and her leg on a strange angle’

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03rd March 2020 5:03 AM

RACQ CQ Rescue crew officer Ben McCauley spotted missing Yalboroo woman Barbara Marincic, 83, in the cane fields four days after she went missing. Photo: Zizi Averill

Man dies at ReefWorld Pontoon despite doctor's efforts

A MAN has died at the ReefWorld Pontoon with an RACQ CQ Rescue crew tasked to the new attraction on Sunday.

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02nd March 2020 7:03 AM

A man has died on the ReefWorld Pontoon.

‘We need this chopper’: Community rallies for rescue service

Councillor rattles charity tin to replace missing donations.

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15th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

The community has stepped up to raise funds for RACQ CQ Rescue following the alleged theft of a charity tin from a Sarina shop.

‘I’m in shock, I’m stunned’: MPs react to shark attack

‘The Whitsundays has been a free for all for a long time … how many more incidents do we need to have before something is...

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29th Oct. 2019 11:10 AM

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