The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Annastacia Palaszczuk says immediate action needs to be taken after report reveals potential testing failures at the state’s forensic crime lab

Some south-east Queensland patients were left on an ambulance stretcher, waiting for an emergency department bed for almost eight hours, official figures reveal.

Controversial spit hoods will no longer be used in Queensland watchhouses, commissioner says

Seven months on from February's flood disaster, conservation group Ocean Crusaders is still cleaning up tonnes of debris from south-east Queensland riverbanks and says greater investment is needed from all levels of government.

The Queensland man allegedly controlled a Canberra region drug syndicate, with links to a bikie gang, from interstate.

The use of controversial spit hoods has been banned in watchhouses across Queensland.

The Queensland Police Service says safety hoods were used on 138 occasions between 2015 and 2022 but the practice has been discontinued.

To rescue a turtle, University of the Sunshine Coast PhD candidate Caitlin Smith half-swam, half-crawled across mud on an inner tube. She tied a harness around its chest and front flippers, so the rest of the team could carefully pull it to safety. It was just one of 15 sick…

Three males allegedly stole fuel and led police on three chases in central west NSW after stealing a car in Roma, Queensland.