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Police seek information: Serious crash, Upper Mount Gravatt
Police are appealing for information following a serious traffic crash in Upper Mount Gravatt this afternoon.
At 5.50pm, a motorcyclist was travelling along Klumpp Road and has crashed at the intersection on Mains Road.
A local police officer located the rider on the side of the road suffering from serious injuries.
The motorcyclist a 42-year-old Upper Mount Gravatt man was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition.
Police are appealing for anyone that may have witnessed the crash or may have dashcam footage to come forward and speak to police.
Politics by Amy Price
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Subscriber only Barnaby Joyce raised eyebrows in political circles when he popped up in Queensland s Whitsundays last weekend, given the upcoming Nationals preselection in the region, but it turns out his visit was purely for pleasure. The former Deputy Prime Minister spent the Labour Day long weekend with partner Vikki Campion on Hamilton Island to attend the wedding of his former staffer, William Rollo, who was among his team of media advisers when his relationship with Campion went public in 2018. Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion at the wedding of William and Megan Rollo at Hamilton Island on May 1. Picture: Simon Hutchen
Governor presents Australian honours and awards (2)
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Friday 07 May 2021
His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland, today presented Australian Honours and Awards to the following Queenslanders:
MR GARRY WILLIAM LOCKHART
Group Bravery Citation
Mr Lockhart is recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions during a prison riot at Long Bay Gaol in New South Wales.
On the evening of 23 October 1986, a prison riot broke out at the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Long Bay Gaol. Three prison officers were taken hostage by inmates armed with makeshift weapons and, despite attempts by the officers to negotiate with the prisoners, they were locked in a nearby cell. Seventy inmates then took control of a section of the Centre.
FULL LIST: How many out-of-catchment kids attend your school Out-of-catchment kids are flocking to in-demand schools despite strict enrolment measures designed to keep numbers in check. CHECK YOUR SCHOOL’S STATS HERE.
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Subscriber only Thousands of out-of-catchment kids are still flocking to attend in-demand public schools despite strict enrolment plans designed to keep student numbers in check. New data on the number of students travelling from outside catchment areas to attend Queensland state schools has been revealed, with high schools more likely to be housing kids from other parts of the city. The state s largest and top-performing high school Brisbane State High welcomed more than 1600 kids, or about 48 per cent of its students, from outside its inner-city location in 2020.