The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

WHEN Lime Spiders' frontman Mick Blood steps onto the Wickham Park Hotel stage on Friday night it'll mark an emotional return to Newcastle. The last time he visited the city he almost died. It was 2014 and Blood had just resettled in the harbourside suburb of Stockton, following the breakdown…

Queensland Police will offer a $500,000 reward for information about the disappearance of Christine Maria Fenner in February 1999.

The annual multi-location festival Groovin the Moo has ditched its north Queensland leg in favour of the Sunshine Coast, leaving residents feeling snubbed.

One of Australia's longest-running mining towns is turning 100. Here's how it grew to be among the largest of its outback cities.

Youth detention centres are at the heart of the state government's tactics for dealing with young offenders, but child advocates and youth crime victims say they are failing to rehabilitate juveniles.

A former caseworker says that systemic problems within Queensland's Child Safety unit may have prevented her from saving Darcey and Chloe.

With a recent run of natural disasters, could a standalone reconstruction agency help NZ recovery and response efforts?

UN panel suspends visit to New South Wales and Queensland after access blocked to some sites

The Queensland government is preparing to introduce a standalone coercive control criminal offence as updated domestic and family violence laws pass parliament.

A conversation at an official council event has been deemed as inappropriate conduct, but when council was asked to deal with the matter one councillor retorted: 'It shouldn't be up to us councillors … we're not qualified for this crap'.

The long-sought-after laws pave the way for the Queensland government to sign a treaty or treaties with First Nations people.