The Latest Breaking News from Townsville

Canterbury Bulldogs edge North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville, Parramatta Eels beat Gold Coast Titans

The Bulldogs hold out the Cowboys in the wet in Townsville. Earlier, the Eels and Titans put on an attacking clinic in Parramatta.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022

Queensland escapee recaptured after crash

Queensland police say they have arrested a man following his escape from a low-security prison in Townsville last weekend.

AAP · Mar 11, 2022

Indigenous activists call for $100,000 compensation after racial discrimination claim against service station

Two high-profile activists say they were discriminated against at a Townsville service station because they are Aboriginal.

ABC News · Mar 11, 2022

Woman attacked by freshwater crocodile while canoeing in Townsville's Ross River

A woman has been left with a laceration to her arm after she was bitten by a freshwater crocodile while canoeing with her family in north Queensland's Ross River.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022

Qld Floods: A 6th Person Has Tragically Died As BOM Issues Storm & Wind Warnings For Brisbane

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has compared the current floodwater effects to those of a cyclone. “At the moment, what we have is similar to like Cyclone Debbie or Cyclone Oswald or a monsoonal trough that we saw in Townsville, where it’s just sitting over the entire south-east of our state.”

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 26, 2022

Body of missing Qld man found in river

The body of an 18-year-old man who apparently entered a Townsville river after a police pursuit has been found.

AAP · Feb 25, 2022

Body of Townsville teenager who entered Ross River found

Police say the 18-year-old entered the Ross River in Townsville after being stopped with others in an allegedly stolen car.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2022

Minister admits breakdown between department and foster carers over child safety fears

Queensland's Minister for Children intervenes to stem the growing tide of complaints from foster carers, who say the government is ignoring their fears for at-risk children.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2022

Lawyers for Legal Aid Queensland say declining pay is leading to an exodus and 'huge injustices in the legal system'

Up to 80 per cent of legal aid work in Queensland is done by outside firms, and lawyers who work in the legal aid system say their declining rate of pay is leading to "huge injustices in the legal system".

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Queensland government buys out grazier to secure 'The Lakes' for a massive new national park

A farm double the size of Moreton Island near Townsville has been bought by the state government, with a big chunk of US funding, after two years of negotiations with a grazier.

ABC News · Feb 5, 2022