The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says schools across south-east Queensland will be closed on Monday and people are urged to work from home as the flooding situation worsens. See how the day unfolded in our live blog.

Hundreds of schools will be closed across south-east Queensland on Monday and people have been encouraged to work from home as a deadly weather system continues to lash the state.

At the Tolga bat hospital in Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands, orphaned bat babies are nursed to health, ready to fulfil their role in our forest ecosystems

Floods have claimed lives and Sydney is experiencing its wettest summer in decades amid La Niña and climate change. Is this the new normal?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Queenslanders impacted by widespread flooding in the state's southeast can be assured the recovery has already begun.

Two casualties reported on Saturday include an emergency services volunteer, officials say

A community on Queensland's Fraser Coast bands together to protect its city from the second major flood in two months.

Huge downpours unleashed decades-high floods in eastern Australia on Saturday, killing two people overnight as the rising waters inundated homes and roads and swept away cars. Authorities in the eastern state of Queensland issued 11 emergency alerts in 24 hours as the death toll from days of flooding rose to…

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says Brisbane residents should prepare for a combination of high tides and more heavy rain after the city received six month's worth of rain in 48 hours.

Queensland deputy opposition leader David Janetzki will step down from the role with his family having recently faced "physical and mental health challenges".

Huge downpours unleashed decades-high floods in eastern Australia on Saturday, killing two people overnight as the rising waters inundated homes and roads, and swept away cars.