Condition of Pete the platypus unknown as man charged
The man accused of taking a platypus from the wild two days ago before travelling to a shopping centre with the animal has been charged.
The man accused of taking a platypus from the wild two days ago before travelling to a shopping centre with the animal has been charged.
The barrister for a woman accused of murdering her ex-partner has denied she manipulated two people into staging the man's death as a woodchipper accident.
A medical transport plane has made an emergency landing in the southeast Queensland rail corridor after a mechanical failure.
Five new species of frogs, including one with camouflage that makes it look like bird poo, have been described by Australian scientists.
An elderly woman missing in Brisbane for almost two weeks is now believed to be dead and police think it might be linked to a neighbourhood dispute.
A NSW man has been charged with murder after a man was critically injured during a dispute in western Queensland and died in hospital.
Solo rower Michelle Lee set to arrive in Cairns after rowing for almost eight months across the Pacific Ocean.
After spending 238 days at sea on a solo row across the Pacific Ocean, Michelle Lee will finally step foot on land, arriving in Cairns.
Disciplinary actions against Queensland police officers are being reviewed after a court decision testing a technicality of internal processes.
Police have urged two members of the public to return a wild platypus after they were allegedly seen taking the animal on a Brisbane train.
The son of the late Steve Irwin is leading a push to penalise those who enter crocodile-infested waters for the sake of social media posts.
An Australian study has shown just how important Cassowaries are to native plant seed dispersal in highly fragmented rainforest areas.
The reason a pilot lost control of his vintage aircraft during a scenic flight involving aerobatic manoeuvres off the Gold Coast in 2019 remains a mystery.
Investigators initially believed Lesley Trotter, 78, was at a popular Brisbane hiking spot but they are now searching closer to her home.
The defence counsel for a high-profile man accused of rape in Queensland may call on witnesses to testify in an attempt to prevent the matter going to trial.
Sea World Helicopters is flying again three months after four people died in a mid-air collision between two of its choppers on the Gold Coast.
A young girl has been flown to hospital after she was bitten on her head and hands by a dingo while swimming at Queensland's Fraser Island.
A legal requirement to take steps to eliminate sex discrimination and harassment has the Queensland government's support as it flags law reform.
Queensland woman Sharon Graham has been accused of planning the murder of her ex-partner via a fake woodchipper accident in order to claim his life insurance.
A Brisbane woman who ran over her husband and his lover after discovering their affair has been handed a suspended jail sentence.
A major coal mine slated for Queensland's Galilee Basin has suffered another blow after a landmark court ruling recommended it not proceed.
A shipment of heroin with an estimated street value of almost $270 million has been detected at the Australian border, with the drugs hidden in concrete blocks.
A 16-year-old boy is accused of playing a fatal role in the death of a man who was struck by a car after allegedly being chased onto a north Queensland road.
Activists and farmers have raised concerns about a plan to allow coal seam gas companies to store their waste salt in lined landfill sites.
Former test cricketer Michael Slater allegedly assaulted a police officer following an alleged domestic violence incident at Noosa on Friday night.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators are travelling to the site where a light plane crashed, killing two people in north Queensland.
Close to 99 per cent of Queensland state schools offer a swim safety program, but those who don't face "ongoing and persistent barriers", a new report says.
Professor Gracelyn Smallwood has resigned from a Queensland police advisory group in protest after a young Aboriginal man was shot and killed by officers.
Two men have been charged with torturing a woman using a knife and a hammer at a unit in the heart of Surfers Paradise.
John William Bennett told police more than 30 years after killing a toddler that he was having recurring dreams that might provide the body's location.
A Brisbane courthouse has briefly been locked down after hundreds of protesters marched through the CBD following Aubrey Donahue's fatal shooting by police.