The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Bail for step-mum charged over boy's death

A 23-year-old Queensland woman charged with murder over the death of her two-year-old stepson who suffered a brain injury has been granted bail.

AAP · Aug 12, 2022

Qld police probe fatal container fire

Queensland police are probing a suspicious fire in a shipping container which killed a man in the state's north.

AAP · Aug 11, 2022

Mother says 13yo under care of child protection 'sexually abused by paedophiles and addicted to ice'

A Queensland mother describes the "soul-destroying" ordeal of her teenage daughter being sexually abused by paedophiles and becoming addicted to ice while she was under the care of the Department of Child Safety.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

Grandmother interrupts man raping girl

A Queensland man has been jailed after raping his 17-year-old girlfriend in front of a friend, only stopping when his grandmother walked into the bedroom.

AAP · Aug 11, 2022

Labor to back new fossil fuel projects that ‘stack up’ economically and environmentally

Resources minister praises gas industry as ‘ally’ of renewable energy and says she will work with states and territories to encourage new supply

The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2022

Queensland man jailed for rape, assault

A woman was raped by a man she only knew because their parents were dating after ending up crashing in his bed following a party north of Brisbane.

AAP · Aug 11, 2022

Federal government will cover cost of connecting massive new Queensland wind farm to national grid

Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen says the deal will increase renewable supplies to the east coast and put "downward pressure" on energy prices.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

Qld woman's fire death treated as homicide

Queensland police investigating a house fire that killed a woman in the northern town of Ayr have confirmed her death is being treated as a homicide.

AAP · Aug 11, 2022

Feds urge Qld to open up more gas fields

The federal government is calling for more Queensland gas fields to open up, as mining magnate Gina Rinehart partners with a steel giant to invest $1 billion.

AAP · Aug 10, 2022

From the old to the new: One of Queensland's most beloved institutions is celebrating its 100th birthday

She has seen friends come and go over the past decades, but for Lottie, some things never change.

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022