Qld man charged over struggle with knife

A 74-year-old Queensland man faces an attempted murder charge after allegedly threatening a woman with a knife north of Brisbane.

The man allegedly threatened a woman, also 74, at a home in Scarness, Hervey Bay, early on Thursday morning and the pair engaged in a struggle, police said.

The woman managed to flee when her alleged attacker dropped the weapon.

The man will appear in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Friday.