Cairns tries tech to get kids playing outside
Parents know how hard it is to get their kids off their screens and in to the great outdoors. Cairns Regional Council says it’s trialling new technology that could change that.
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Queensland Premier wants CFMEU protest apology
The behaviour of CFMEU protesters inside a state government building was disgraceful and affected workers are owed an apology, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
Woman arrested over Darling Downs murder
A woman has been arrested by Queensland police over links to the alleged murder of a 25-year-old man west of Brisbane in March.
Oracle customers face wait on homes in Queensland
Queensland's building watchdog says it is working with hundreds of customers of collapsed builder Oracle Homes to ensure their partially built homes are completed.
Flying Doctor brings dental services to outback Queensland towns
We’ve all heard of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). Its aeromedical retrieval and primary health care has been an essential part of life in rural Queensland since for almost 100 years.
Father faces far north Queensland court over child’s murder
A five-year-old boy likely suffered abuse over a long period before he died from his injuries in a north Queensland hospital, police say.
Rare liver cancer treatment makes north Queensland debut
A Townsville grandfather has become the first Queenslander to get a rarely performed treatment for inoperable liver cancer outside of Brisbane.
Woman’s body found in southeast Queensland home
A man is being questioned about the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found in a home southeast of Brisbane.
Unvaxxed Queensland teachers to have pay reduced
Queensland teachers facing a pay cut for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are dealing with "the consequences of that choice", federal Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says.
Money laundering central to Queensland Star probe
Star Entertainment's money laundering controls will be tested as a fresh probe examines whether people banned from other casinos were encouraged to travel to Queensland.
Police appeal for public help in Rockhampton murder probe
Police are appealing for public assistance with an investigation into the death of a woman in the Rockhampton suburb of Allenstown last weekend.
Man charged over death of boy in far north Queensland
Police have charged a man with the murder of five-year-old boy at Yarrabah in far north Queensland.
Pandemic hit women harder than men: Queensland study
Queensland research has exposed the gender reality of COVID - finding that Australian women have been hit harder by the pandemic than men.
Queensland woman face barriers for abortions
Women seeking an abortion in Queensland are facing bills of up $17,000, lack of support from doctors and social stigma, three years after the procedure was decriminalised, a new study shows.
Queensland Star casino inquiry begins
Public hearings into Star Entertainment's suitability to hold a casino licence in Queensland are set to get under way.
Man charged over alleged Mackay machete attack
Police in north Queensland have arrested a man they allege attacked a passing mobile street sweeper with a machete early this morning.
Queensland reviews off plan property contracts
Queenslanders are being asked for their views about off-the-plan home contracts with the state government considering law reforms.
Off-season coral breeding may boost Great Barrier Reef
Australian researchers have successfully played cupid and coaxed corals into breeding out of season in a major development for reef science.
Queensland ex-teacher jailed again for sexual abuse
There is no evidence of Stephen Frederick Koster offending for more than two decades, but the 70-year-old former teacher is back behind bars for sexually abusing another boy.
Inquest told of son-in-law’s confession in Townsville veteran’s disappearance
he son-in-law of a missing World War II veteran confessed to killing the 73-year-old when he "bashed him unmercifully", an inquest has heard.
Queensland police domestic violence probe reopens
An inquiry into Queensland police and domestic violence has reopened after the state's top cop admitted the force had issues with sexism, misogyny and racism.
‘I dropped my sushi and legged it.’ Hooker Hanson’s dash to son’s birth
Rugby union star James Hanson ran hard and fast, not at some distant try line, but to the Brisbane hospital room where his wife was about to give birth,
Project to study Queensland turtles during lost years at sea
They set out from the east coast of Queensland, small and vulnerable, on sea journeys that last up to 16 years. Nobody knows for certain where Queensland loggerhead turtles go, but it’s thought they travel as far as South America before returning to breed in Australian waters.
Shot Queensland dad to undergo surgery
A father of four will undergo surgery after being shot twice by a police officer he allegedly lunged at with a large metal sharpening file during a "horrible incident" at a house in Brisbane's south.
Man charged with central Queensland domestic violence murder
A Queensland man is due to face court after being charged with the domestic violence murder of a woman in her 70s in Rockhampton.
Queensland police open fire on armed man
A man armed with a knife has been shot by police during a routine welfare check on the northern Gold Coast.
Appeal for help to locate man missing in far north Queensland
Police are seeking public assistance to find a 57-year-old man reported missing from the Dimbulah area in far north Queensland.
Wik make stand as Cape York mining looms
A lot of uninvited guests have been turning up at Aunty Martha Koowarta's door in Aurukun recently. But the veteran Indigenous land rights campaigner has turned all of them away from her modest house in Queensland's western Cape York.
Fireball seen in night sky across southern Queensland
A blazing fireball streaked across the southern Queensland skies last night, with sightings reported across a large area.
Queensland transparency fight set for High Court
Queensland's corruption watchdog will take its fight against being gagged by people it's investigating to Australia's highest court.
Torres Strait Islanders offer voice model
Torres Strait Islanders have told Anthony Albanese the Indigenous voice should be based on the three-decade-old model used in the region and urged him to do more to address climate change.