Copeton Dam has marked 50 years since its official opening. Inverell Mayor Kate Dight says the dam supports the town's domestic water supply, major industries and flood protection. She said the local economy, including the abattoir, Boss Engineering and a pet food factory, depends on the water security it provides. The dam is 54 per cent full, and the council holds a high security licence with WaterNSW, which owns the dam. Council did not plan any celebrations because it does not own the dam.
A witness has told a Sydney Supreme Court jury about a drive with Beau Lamarre-Condon, who is on trial over the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February 2024. The witness, known as Elizabeth Kennedy, said he asked her to pay for an angle grinder and to cover number plates, and that he told her, I don't want to involve you. The accused has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers will argue self-defence. The Crown alleges he tried to sink the bodies in a dam at Bungonia, where they were later found.
A woman and her 10-year-old stepdaughter have died after their car left McDonald Road at Tinana South, near Maryborough, and crashed into a dam on Thursday afternoon. Queensland Police said the woman, Lisa, 36, was driving to collect children from school. The car was found submerged upside down several hours later. Efforts to revive Lisa and Arliyah James, 10, were unsuccessful. Family members have launched fundraisers to cover funeral costs and household expenses. Police are asking anyone with information, CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward.
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A woman and a 10-year-old girl have died after their car left McDonald Road at Tinana South, near Maryborough, and plunged into a dam on Thursday afternoon. Police said the woman was driving to collect children from school when the crash happened. The car was found submerged upside down hours later, and the owner of the property rushed into the water to try to save them. Police said both were pulled from the vehicle, but efforts to revive them failed. Police are investigating the crash, including whether speed was a factor.
Police say a woman aged 36 and her 10-year-old daughter died after their car ran through a fence and landed upside down in a dam at Tinana South, near Maryborough, on Thursday afternoon. The vehicle had been submerged for several hours before the property's owner found it and emergency services were called around 5.30pm. Police say the woman was driving to collect children from school when she lost control. The girl's father, who arrived at the scene, helped remove the bodies and assisted officers with CPR. Inspector Paul Algie said early advice suggested speed or inattention may have contributed.
A woman and a 10-year-old girl have been found dead after a car crashed into a dam at Tinana South, on Queensland's Fraser Coast. Emergency services were called to Springvale Road just before 5.30pm on Thursday after a blue Subaru Tribeca was reported in the water. A 36-year-old Tinana South woman and the girl were inside the vehicle and had died before first responders arrived. The Queensland Police Forensic Crash Unit has begun an investigation. Police have urged any witnesses, or anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage, to come forward.
A 36-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were found dead inside their car in a dam on a property in Tinana South, south of Maryborough, Queensland. Police believe the crash happened around 2.45pm while the woman was driving to collect other children from school. The girl's father, who had been alerted by the school, was among the first at the scene. Property owner Joel Hinschen pulled both from the water and his father performed CPR on the girl until emergency services arrived. Police have appealed for information about the vehicle or events leading up to the crash.
