The UN secretary-general says developed nations like Australia must bring forward their net-zero timelines by a decade, given the latest climate change report.
Full-scale local production of the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs) has commenced in Queensland, marking a significant milestone for the state's defence manufacturing capabilities.
Star Entertainment, operators of Brisbane's Treasury Casino and the Star Gold Coast, has pleaded guilty to seven fresh charges.
Food artist Elizabeth Willing is one of 11 artists and collectives to win a round of major Australia Council commissions worth a total of $1.1 million.
A boy was forced to perform degrading acts like eating a cigarette butt while Ethan Knox and an accomplice filmed it, uploading the footage to social media.
Queensland man Kurt Robert Bush has been released on probation after spending almost nine months in custody for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.
Families are at the heart of Queensland's housing crisis as a new report shows the scale of the problem.
A young boy remains in a Queensland hospital after being airlifted for treatment for a broken leg suffered after he was bucked off a bull he was riding.
The Australian Army recently joined the Torres Strait Islands community in commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion, the largest Indigenous unit ever formed in Australia's military history.
At risk of being stripped of his cruiserweight belt, world boxing champion Jai Opetaia has won a major round in a legal fight with promoter Dean Lonergan.
A Queensland watchdog has found that children have not been protected from harm because their parents weren't provided with state government supports.
Police have located a stun grenade missing in a suburban street four days after a fatal siege in north Queensland.
Queensland hospital and health workers will be compensated after potentially being underpaid millions, but staff who were overpaid won't be pursued.
Record flood levels continue to recede in northwest Queensland, and more government support is on offer as residents begin a mammoth recovery.
The Queensland Government has not confirmed when options to protect the Lake Eyre basin catchment will be released, as stakeholders demand an end to delays.
Queensland police have revealed they've lost a stun grenade, which could cause an injury to people, four days after a fatal siege in Townsville.
Damon Neville Vesey-Brown had a "substantial amount of meth in his system" when he started speeding down a Queensland highway and collided with a young woman.
The Queensland parliament has passed laws that criminalise bail breaches for children and allow courts to fit 15-year-olds with GPS trackers.
Retail giant Myer will close its flagship store in the heart of Brisbane's Queen Street Mall after posting a half-yearly 24 per cent jump in sales.
Gregory Michael Scanlan reached speeds in excess of 150km/h on a Brisbane suburban street on a food run for his daughter's birthday party before a collision.
An 18-year-old man is set to face court after being charged with the murder of a man in the Central Highlands region in Queensland.
A tiny community is still under water in northwest Queensland as locals elsewhere in the region begin to count the cost of record floods.
Timothy Francis Allen was jailed for murder in 1993 and has now admitted to assaulting his ex-partner by driving into her car at high-speed.
Queensland Theatre's Drizzle Boy features the first neurodivergent character written and portrayed by a neurodivergent person on the Australian main stage.
A new program in north and western Queensland is aiming to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers get a good night's sleep.
Prosecutors allege a Brisbane woman accepted nearly $2.4 million from hackers and withdrew the money as cash or transferred it to foreign exchanges.
The emissions Queensland sends offshore have been targeted by the Greens who have a plan to phase out coal and gas exports by 2030.
A community is under a metre of floodwater in northwest Queensland with people in another town unable to return to their homes, days after being evacuated.
An educator has been appointed to review Queensland school accreditation rules after controversy over a Christian college's gender and sexuality contracts.
Kardell Lomas' brother has spoken of his anguish after discovering from the TV news the seven-month pregnant woman had been killed and her body dumped in a car.
The Queensland government is coordinating fodder drops for flood-affected farmers in the state's northwest, and the army may be called on if necessary.
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