The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Queensland report backs future for coal

Queensland's coal industry is emerging as a winner in the global energy crisis as demand from India, Japan and South Korea pick up the slack from China's ban.

AAP · Nov 18, 2022

Youth crime crackdown sucks Queensland children into ‘quicksand of the legal system’

State forges ahead with controversial laws targeting young repeat offenders, despite absence of clear outcomes

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2022

Qld pilot guilty of illegally flying MPs

A Queensland pilot who flew state and federal members of Katter's Australia Party without an air operator's certificate has been found guilty on 13 charges.

AAP · Nov 18, 2022

Researchers on a mission to understand the Proserpine River's mysterious crocodiles

Researchers hope to uncover why these big crocodiles in Proserpine River are not tearing each other to pieces or heading next door to the tourist mecca of Airlie Beach.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Queensland researchers find immune-boosting drug could lessen COVID-19 severity if antivirals fade

Unlike antiviral treatments, researchers say the experimental medication would not attack the virus that causes COVID-19, but target the immune system instead.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Cause of mass fish kill in Mulgrave River under investigation

The Department of Environment and Science is continuing investigations into cause of a large fish kill in the Mulgrave River, downstream from Gordonvale in far north Queensland.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Joe Burns joins 100-club for Queensland

Opener Joe Burns will become the 16th cricketer to play 100 first-class games for Queensland when he plays against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

AAP · Nov 17, 2022

Inquest into death of German backpacker Jennifer Kohl set for Gold Coast, mother to attend

A pre-inquest conference at the Queensland Coroner's Court at Southport heard Jennifer Kohl's mother had requested the inquest into the circumstances of her daughter's 2017 death at a farm in Mount Tamborine, where she and her boyfriend had been working picking avocados.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Young boy taken to hospital after being struck by car evading Queensland police in hit-and-run incident

A 12-year-old boy is in hospital after being hit on a crossing in Brisbane's south by an unregistered car evading police during an intercept.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Heritage Bank and People's Choice merge, plans to keep head office in regional Queensland

After the official merger on March 21, 2023, the new entity will have 720,000 members, 1,900 employees, and more than $23 billion in assets.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022