The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Heartbreak as search called off for missing fisherman

Four days after family raised the alarm, a search for a missing fisherman off the Queensland coast has been suspended.

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

Workload relief for midwives in patient ratio reforms

Midwives working in Queensland public hospitals will soon operate under patient ratios after the state's health minister tabled reforms to parliament.

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

Australian populations of threatened bird species fall 60% in past 40 years

The threatened bird index reveals largest declines were in Queensland and South Australia

The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023

Hefty fine threat as sale of knives to youths faces ban

New laws that ban the sale of knives, certain gel blasters, tomahawks and machetes to juveniles in Queensland also carry hefty fines for offending retailers.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Grieving mum's maternity care improvements adopted

Queensland's health minister will introduce maternity care improvements suggested by a mother grieving her baby girl's death at a hospital north of Brisbane.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Advocates make 'dire lack' of child care election issue

Parent advocates plan to make a shortage of accessible and affordable early learning in regional, rural and remote Queensland an election issue.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Protesters take stand against fracking in outback

A joint rally outside Queensland parliament has called on an end to oil and gas exploration in the remote Channel Country rivers by the end of the year.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Double jeopardy laws to take in more offences

The test for double jeopardy in Queensland will be reformed to include another 10 offences after proposed laws were tabled to parliament.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Outback tourism set for boost through dinosaur emblem

The Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur has officially become Queensland's fossil emblem, a move that the state government hopes will boost dinosaur tourism.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Search for missing fisherman scaled back

The search for a man who went missing while on a solo fishing trip off the southeast Queensland coast has been scaled down to focus on shoreline patrols.

AAP · Nov 28, 2023