A GOLD Coast-based diamond merchant has been fined more than $200,000 for misleading national customers.

A TEENAGER has died after being hit by a car when he stepped off a broken down bus in central Queensland.

A SECOND person has contracted the potentially deadly Hendra virus following an outbreak among horses in Brisbane.

ALMOST 1000 mourners paid their respects at the funeral of SAS Signaller Sean McCarthy on the Gold Coast today.

ABOUT 100,000 litres of crude oil has leaked from a pipe near the Port of Brisbane.

A TEENAGER who took part in the gang bashing of an off-duty policeman and his girlfriend will soon be released from detention after his sentence was cut.