A BRISBANE pub is fighting back over violence, taking the unusual step of launching civil action against a man accused of a nightclub glassing.

AN Aboriginal witchdoctor and his son have begun their search for missing north Queensland police officer Mick Isles.

A 22-MONTH-OLD old girl has died after she was thrown from the back seat of a sedan that collided with another vehicle in north Queensland.

QUEENSLAND has been warned it is not a matter of if but when the deadly screw worm fly arrives, threatening not only the cattle industry but also humans.

Mick Isles vanished, car found in bushlandPolice, army and SES search found no trace'I will see his spirit and find him in days'

COCAINE use has filtered down from the socialites to suburbia, with "stressed-out housewives" in affluent suburbs now regular users.