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A Queensland father has told a court that he will never forget the feeling of looking down and seeing his bloodied feet which had been grated to the bone along the road, as he was dragged while trying to stop teenage thieves stealing his car.

A 27-year-old Caloundra West man has been charged with multiple counts of arson and wilful damage after a fire tore through a Sunshine Coast rest stop used by campers and the homeless, destroying a motorhome and camper trailers.

Queensland’s worst behaved state high schools for 2024 have been revealed, with some Sunshine Coast institutions recording worrying numbers of suspensions and exclusions.