The Latest Breaking News from north Queensland

The loss of habitat likely to contain threatened animal and plant species has raised further questions about the effectiveness of state and federal environmental protection laws.

Shaun Pyne wants to review every pie shop in Australia and his pastry pilgrimage has taken him to the farthest reaches of North Queensland. He has also delivered a controversial verdict on the age-old tomato sauce debate.

Luigia de Lazzari sailed from Italy in search of a better life. By coincidence her future husband arrived on the same ship that docked in Townsville in 1922. A century on, their descendants reflect on how their sacrifices have provided for the life they have today.

A 28-year-old man allegedly told two women in their 20s he was a yoga instructor before sexually assaulting them in North Queensland.

An inquest into the deaths of two men during North Queensland's 2019 floods has found nothing could have been done to prevent the tragedy, which unfolded as they fled from police.

After two failed roof rebuilds that created more damage than good, this North Queensland family blames CommInsure for leaving their home a veritable construction site that remains unsafe five years after Cyclone Debbie.

Box jellyfish aren't floating through the ocean, they're hunting, according to stinger experts. Now a north Queensland council wants airborne, as well as ground defence, to prevent more tragic deaths.

An Easter motorcycle ride has turned to tragedy for a North Queensland family with a 60-year-old killed and his teenage daughter fighting for life.

As most of the rest of the country shivers through a damp end to the Easter holidays, North Queensland looks set to cop a deluge.