The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Many children on remand who may be exonerated or not sentenced are pleading guilty to escape long periods of detention

Labor MP Tom Smith raises concerns after speaking to alleged victim who was taken in the back of a police car to a hospital 90 minutes away

Activists say the findings are unacceptable but perhaps not surprising given the institutionalised racism in this country.

Newly released report from 2021 says existing strategies not enough to stop uncontrolled spread of invasive species

Victoria recently announced an end to native forest logging in December 2023, six years earlier than previously announced. Western Australia is ending it from January 2024. The Greens and independent federal MPs are now calling on the Albanese government to end native forest logging nationally.

Queensland's premier has shared the painful trauma of her own miscarriage, as another woman's harrowing experience prompts an internal health inquiry.

Andrew Heard vanished while fishing near Hinchinbrook Island, on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, and his remains were later found inside two crocodiles

Indigenous people in Qld have a life expectancy up to 7.8 years shorter than average and the health system will likely miss a 2031 target.

Government researcher tells coroner’s investigation he had never before heard of a human being preyed upon by two crocodiles

A north Queensland crocodile attack might be the first known instance of two crocodiles predating a human, environment officials say.

Queensland Police threatened to raid a First Nations rehab camp just to arrest a 12-year-old child, who it then targeted a year later.