The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

‘Gentle density’: Queensland premier highlights proposed solution to housing crisis

Summit of officials, industry leaders, experts and advocates points to more townhouses and micro-lot homes

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2022

State government to have final say on tourism bed tax proposal from Queensland councils

Visitors will be charged the "equivalent of a cup of coffee" on top of their accommodation bill under the proposal, which has the backing of tourism industry groups but needs state government support.

ABC News · Oct 20, 2022

Storms and giant hail forecast for eastern Australia, raising risk in some flood-hit areas

Bureau of Meteorology warns of heavy rain, flash-flooding and possible damaging hail in parts of Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2022

Horror at public toilets as second most deadly land snake found inside cubicle

A person using a public toilet in Queensland found to their horror an eastern brown snake slithering next to them in a cubicle, the second most deadly snake in the world

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Queensland doubles funds to build an extra 5,600 affordable and social homes, premier announces at summit

An extra $1 billion will be funnelled into a Queensland government housing fund to build thousands more social and affordable homes in the next five years.

ABC News · Oct 20, 2022

Jeremiah 'Jayo' Rivers' family pleads for answers a year after pig hunting trip disappearance

Jeremiah Rivers vanished on a pig hunting trip in outback Queensland in October, 2021. His friends and family are desperate for a breakthrough as police give little away about the case.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

Queensland Central Highlands residents on high alert amid flash floods, heavy rain

An emergency alert is in place and Gemfields residents are being urged to be prepared to take early action to relocate to higher ground. Meanwhile, Gladstone and its surrounds have received more that 110mm of rain.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

Qld woman rescued, dangerous storm warning

A large part of Queensland is on alert for "very dangerous storms" after a Central Highlands council issued a flood alert for residents town to get prepared.

AAP · Oct 19, 2022

Calls for Queensland to end 25-year locked-in property management contracts amid rising body corporate costs

Rising tensions between Queensland homeowners and property managers over locked-in management rights contracts lasting up to 25 years will be raised at the state government's housing summit today.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

NSW using prisoners as political pawns, critics say, after state refuses to let UN inspectors into detention facility

Queensland also revealed to be restricting access to mental health wards, despite Australia’s ratification of UN torture protocol

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2022