Far north rescue helicopter flights under review after person injured at Innisfail
Rescue helicopter flights have been temporarily suspended at Innisfail Hospital in far north Queensland, after a nearby pedestrian was injured during a take-off.
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Mining magnate Rinehart to expand Queensland gas
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is partnering with South Korean steel giant POSCO to expand gas projects in Queensland in a move welcomed by local industry.
ATSB warns aerobatic pilots on spin recovery after fatal Sunshine Coast crash
An instructor and trainee pilot killed during an aerobatics training flight north of Brisbane may have been attempting to execute a spin recovery that was doomed to fail, a report has found.
Police treat Ayr house fire death as suspicious
Police have confirmed they’re treating the death of a woman following a house fire in north Queensland as suspicious.
Macleay Island man to stand trial for Lamb Island murder
Police have been accused of not following proper procedures in a murder investigation at a Queensland man's Brisbane committal hearing on Tuesday.
Qld corruption report probes use of police
Former judge and corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald has handed down the findings of an inquiry into Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission.
“Sugar slavery” – How 62,000 South Sea Islanders were transported to Australia
Between 1863 and 1904, 62,000 South Sea Islanders were transported to Australia, landing in Brisbane, Maryborough, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Mackay, Bowen, Townsville, Innisfail and Cairns. Most indentured labourers arrived from the New Hebrides, with a substantial proportion taken from the Solomons, as well as smaller islands.
Sugar cane capital looks to travellers to ease worker shortage
Sugar cane growers in the north Queensland Burdekin region are hoping travellers will help ease a serious shortage of workers during the cane harvest.
Bin. Don’t flush. Cairns declares war on wipes.
It costs almost one million dollars a year to remove non-flushable items from the Cairns sewer system. Almost half are disposable wipes.
Woman dead, man critical after Ayr house fire
A woman severely burned in a north Queensland house fire has died in hospital. Her partner remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Queensland stabbing victims were a mother and son
A Queensland man has had a court hearing from his hospital bed following the alleged stabbing murders of a mother and son at a home in southern Brisbane.
Search for Nambour man after car found abandoned
An extensive search is underway for a man missing from Nambour since last Friday morning.
Man due in court over Brisbane double murder
A 49-year-old man has been charged with the stabbing murders of a man and a woman at a home in southern Brisbane.
King tides coming to central and north Queensland east coast
Parts of central and north Queensland will experience king tides in the next few days.
Major plant find could boost food security
Australian scientists have discovered a natural mechanism that should help plant breeders engineer food crops that are better able to withstand climate change.
Two critical after Ayr house fire
A man and a woman have been critically injured, and another person had been treated in hospital, after a house fire in north Queensland.
Man in court over triple shooting killings
Darryl Young appeared before a magistrate for the first time after being charged with killing three family members on a remote Queensland cattle property.
Qld plans livestock biosecurity task force
The state will recruit biosecurity officers to prepare the livestock industry for disease risks as Australia strives to remain foot and mouth disease-free.
Two found dead in Brisbane’s south
A 49-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries after the bodies of two people were found at a property in Brisbane's south.
Home of Australia’s largest saleyard cautious about FMD outbreak
Maranoa Regional Council says its local disaster management group (LDMG) will meet regularly to manage the risk of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).
Seven charged in $40m Qld cannabis bust
Seven men have been charged and almost $40 million worth of cannabis allegedly seized after police swooped on a farm in southeast Queensland.
Queensland over peak of COVID-19 wave
Pressure on Queensland's health system is beginning to ease after the state passed a peak in COVID-19 hospitalisations much earlier than modelling predicted.
Planning underway for bypass of far north Queensland town
Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has begun planning a road bypass around the town of Innisfail in the state’s far north.
Shocking video catches Queenslanders playing chicken with trains
These could be scenes from a grotesque new reality TV show, in which people try their hardest to get too close to a moving train. But they are videos from Queensland Rail safety cameras, showing vehicle drivers ignoring stop lights at railway crossings, crashing through boom gates, and driving into the path of an oncoming train.
Fears croc plan changes will lead to culling and reduce public safety
A leading Queensland eco-tour operator says he fears proposed changes to saltwater crocodile management will lead to increased culling.
Man charged with murder of Mount Isa teenager
Police have charged a man with murder after a 13-year-old girl was fatally struck by a vehicle in the Mount Isa suburb of Pioneer early on Saturday morning.
Cape York community unites to find man missing in bush for three days
The western Cape York Peninsula community of Aurukun has banded together to find a 60-year-old man missing in rugged bushland from almost three days.
A pioneer of ministry. Anglicans mourn death of Australia’s first Indigenous bishop
The country’s first Indigenous Anglican bishop, Queensland-born Arthur Malcolm, has died at the age of 87. Bishop Malcolm was born in Yarrabah, an Aboriginal community near Cairns, in 1935.
Search underway on Cape York for missing man
The search continues for a man missing from the western Cape York community of Aurukun.
Murder charges over Queensland shootings
The accused man who fatally shot three family members on a remote Queensland cattle property has been charged with murder.
Triple killing gunman suspect in police custody
The person police believe is responsible for the shooting deaths of three people on a property in rural Queensland is being held alongside two others.