The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Rent caps on the table as Qld confronts housing crisis

Families are at the heart of Queensland's housing crisis as a new report shows the scale of the problem.

AAP · Mar 20, 2023

Homelessness up 22 per cent in Queensland, almost three times the national increase

Hasel Liu is a single father, and one of the thousands of faces of Queensland's drastically deteriorating homelessness crisis.

ABC News · Mar 19, 2023

University of Queensland's COVID vaccine technology finally moves to human trial phase after 2020 false start

A human trial has been launched into the University of Queensland's second-generation COVID vaccine, more than two years after the original technology was abandoned amid patients falsely testing positive to HIV.

ABC News · Mar 19, 2023

Bidding war rages to build Brisbane Live Olympics venue in Roma Street

A bidding war is underway for the rights to build the proposed Brisbane Live 2032 Brisbane Olympics Arena as Redlands City Council reveals plans for its proposed Birkdale community precinct.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2023

Fire crews busy with extreme fire risk across parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia

Total Fire Bans are in place in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia as inland temperatures soar into the high 30s and low 40s in some parts.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2023

Mining and Energy Union calls for clearer path from coal to renewable, clean energy

David Ashen says his family is one of 500 in the South Burnett region who face an uncertain future as Queensland phases out coal-fired power by 2035.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

Shark tracking program in attack hotspot is failing to snare 'very dangerous' bull shark species

At shark attack hotspots on the east coast, governments have invested in sophisticated fishing programs to reduce bites but a daylight-only operation means bull sharks are not being tracked as well as other species.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

Landlord limits 'not needed' in Queensland as sky-high rents force people from their homes

Despite a rental crisis forcing people from their homes, the housing minister and real estate lobby say limits are not needed.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

More than 95% of north Queensland children on internal police ‘blacklist’ are Indigenous

Exclusive: repeat offender index has become a ‘dangerous blacklist’ in what local elders say leads to racial profiling

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023

‘Too special a place’: how an eclectic Queensland alliance saved a sacred site from rock climbers

As the state moves to protect Indigenous site Whinpullin, or Minto Crag, climbing groups realise ‘you can’t just go charging in’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023