Residents urged indoors after shots fired
Residents in Tara, about four hours east of Brisbane, have been urged to stay indoors while others have been evacuated after shots were fired in the small town.
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Spiritual healer charged with sex assaults
Police have charged a Queensland man with drugging, raping and sexually assaulting women on the Gold Coast.
Murder charge after Qld woman stabbed
A man will face a Townsville court on Friday charged with murder and serious assault, both of which are domestic violence offences.
Crimes review as report exposes lab lies
An inquiry has recommended thousands of crimes be reviewed and Queensland's embattled forensics lab restructured after it found "grave maladministration".
Death of 24yo sparks police investigation
Police are investigating after a 24-year-old man died suddenly in Queensland's southeast following a suspected altercation with two other people he knew.
Upsurge in children being exploited online
Children and parents are being warned of a surging new trend in overseas criminals conning victims into online sexual exploitation and then blackmailing them.
Ex-MP Maguire charged over visa scheme
Gladys Berejiklian's former boyfriend Daryl Maguire has been charged with criminal conspiracy over an alleged visa fraud committed while he was an MP.
Finch spared jail after cocaine ‘spiral’
Former NRL player Brett Finch has been convicted on child abuse charges but will avoid prison due to the "exceptional circumstances" of his offending.
Qld pilot guilty of illegally flying MPs
A Queensland pilot who flew state and federal members of Katter's Australia Party without an air operator's certificate has been found guilty on 13 charges.
Man charged over Qld hit-and-run incident
A man who allegedly fled after a hit-run incident in southern Brisbane has been charged with dangerous driving after a 12-year-old boy was injured.
Qld top cop can fix service, premier says
Queensland's premier hasn't finished reading a report into the police response to domestic violence, but says the state's top officer has her support.
Jury to ponder Qld pilot fraud case
The trial of a north Queensland pilot who allegedly flew members of Katter's Australia Party without an air operator's certificate has heard final arguments.
Qld pilot allegedly knew of illegality
The trial of a north Queensland Pilot has heard in taped phone conversations he knew he was operating without an air operating certificate.
Man charged after Brisbane hammer siege
Police say a sledgehammer-wielding man barricaded himself in a Brisbane property before he was eventually arrested and charged.
Sri Lankan cricketer on sex assault charge
Police allege Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka sexually assaulted a woman in Sydney's eastern suburbs after the pair met for a date.
Iran links mosque attack to Amini protests
Iranian leaders have suggested nationwide protests are linked to the Islamic State-claimed gun attack on a famous mosque that killed 15 people.
Finch ‘disgusted’ by his abuse messages
Former NSW state of origin star Brett Finch says he's ashamed at sending child abuse messages in a desperate bid to obtain cocaine, a court has heard.
Life with no parole for NT triple murderer
Ben Hoffmann will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering three people and killing another during a drug-fuelled shooting rampage across Darwin.
Qld truckie behind bars over fatal crash
A Queensland truck driver extradited and charged over a fatal crash that killed a child in NSW almost two decades ago remains in custody.
Cowboys NRL forward to challenge charges
A domestic violence assault case against benched NRL and Samoan forward Luciano Leilua cannot proceed in its current form, his lawyer says.
Qld premier backs cops as DV inquiry ends
The Queensland premier admits the police force has "deep-seated" cultural issues with misogyny, sexism and racism, but those exist throughout society.
Brisbane shooting leads police to drug lab
Two "primary persons of interest" in a man's shooting death are with Queensland police after an overnight operation led officers to a clandestine drug lab.
Qld police boss recounts sexual harassment
Queensland's police commissioner has told an inquiry she was subjected to sexual harassment early in her career.
‘Disgusting’ Qld police conduct condemned
Queensland's police commissioner admits there's a "deep fear" in the force about speaking out about sexual assault, harassment and bullying by senior officers.
Five on run after fatal Brisbane shooting
Brisbane police are hunting five people after the fatal shooting of a man in the front yard of a home in the city's southwest.
Prison officer stabbed at Melbourne jail
A prison officer has been stabbed at a Melbourne jail, with police investigating and justice officials warning attacks would earn inmates more time behind bars.
Cycling star pleads guilty to assault
A Sydney court has fined cycling star Mathieu van der Poel $1500 after he assaulted two girls in the hours before the men's world championship road race.
Traffickers hid meth in toolboxes: police
Five people have been charged after police uncovered almost 80kg of ice and $1.75 million in cash while investigating an alleged drug gang across three states.
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.
Cross-border crime network busted in raids
A bikie clubhouse under a suburban home was one of the discoveries in a multi-agency police operation across NSW and Queensland that led to multiple arrests.