The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Heavy rainfall and disease are being blamed for a poor harvest of stone fruit in NSW, with experts saying this will lead to an increase in Queensland crops in supermarkets.

An eight-year-old Queensland girl has spent the holidays mourning the death of her young parents after they passed away within weeks of each other. Loved ones are making a desperate plea for anyone with information on the alleged hit-and-run death of the father to come forward.

Emergency services were called after the trio was found clinging to a tree near Cedar Creek Falls Road in Palm Grove just after 3:15pm on Sunday.

Doctors are demanding an emergency roundtable meeting to discuss Queensland's maternity crisis amid fears mothers' and babies' lives will be at risk in the Gladstone region until the city's birthing bypass is lifted.

A researcher working to stop people driving dangerously on Queensland's beaches says it is "like a switch" is flicked when some people drive on sand.

State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say

Firefighters prepared for a long night battling an out-of-control blaze near Montacute in the Adelaide Hills. This blog is now closed

Life-threatening flash flooding is possible for parts of north and central Queensland, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning up to 400 millimetres could fall in some areas.

The federal government has earmarked $70 million for a hydrogen hub in Townsville, in a boost for the green energy industry in Queensland.