The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

A Tesla battery fire at Genex-owed battery storage facility in central Queensland is expected to burn for days and residents are being urged to stay indoors.

‘Compassion just dissipates’ among public when young victims of abuse become offenders, expert says

Police operation Uniform Kalahari reveals horrific alleged abuse and challenges popular narrative about the state’s youth crime ‘crisis’

Josh Philippe extended his hot one-day form from last summer into the.new season, scoring 90 in Western Australia's four-wicket win over Queensland.

CSIRO says 40,000 small discs accidentally discharged from research centre into the ocean are ‘non-toxic’ and ‘highly stable’

Fire crews remain on high alert as unseasonably hot spring weather sends temperatures soaring to almost 40C in parts of Queensland.

A confidential UN report on conditions inside Australian jails and detention centres must be released by the government, the human rights commissioner says.

In 2022, there were nearly 1,200 road crash deaths in Australia – a figure that has remained largely the same over the past decade. However, some states and territories have seen dramatic increases in just the last five years, such as the ACT (100%), Tasmania (59.4%) and Queensland (21.2%).

South East Queensland’s population is set to rise by 2.2 million people by 2046. Experts say the government must have a plan for every resident.