The Latest Breaking News from Qld

Queensland has passed laws for courier conditions to be set, parental leave more flexible and domestic violence leave to be extended to casual workers.

Queensland's premier says United Nations inspectors will be allowed to physically visit detained mental health patients under laws being drafted.

The Queensland government has denied hindering UN prison inspectors, saying they were only stopped from visiting some detainees with severe mental illness.

A West Australian coroner remains "concerned" and "troubled" about police use of a physical restraint that has been linked to deaths in custody, recommending even stricter limits as part of findings into the death of Noongar man Roderick Narrier.

Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal assault of a 31-year-old man in a central Queensland prison.

The Queensland government will speed up providing temporary emergency housing after disasters by scrapping planning approvals.

The Queensland government has granted water licence to New Hope Group for the expansion of its New Acland coal mine, allowing it to start work on the project.

Police are hopeful a new reward will help them identify other people involved in a 61-year-old woman's alleged murder, after making their first arrest in March.

The forensics lab at the centre of a Queensland inquiry has been described as an unhappy, stressful and dysfunctional place to work.

Brisbane detectives have charged a man with contravening a domestic violence order as part of a probe into a woman's suspicious death.

The Queensland government says the federal Labor government has guaranteed $600 million in funding for the Paradise Dam promised by its coalition predecessor.