The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Queensland police have launched an investigation into the cause of the sudden death of a two-year-old girl at Mackay in the state's north.

Plans to install thousands of engine immobilisers to prevent car theft in north Queensland have been dismissed by the RACQ as "worthless".

The new measures target young offenders in particular, with sentencing to take into account their previous criminal activity and bail history.

At least eight people have been rescued from flooded roads since Monday with emergency services warning against travelling throughout north-west Queensland and across the Northern Territory-Queensland border, as a monsoon threatens even more rain.

Taxpayers are set to fund a compensation deal for Gladstone Power Station owner Rio Tinto over the coal price cap, but it will be "nothing like" $450 million.

Ex-pat mother-of-two Emma Lovell died after confronting intruders breaking into home in Queensland, Australia, on Boxing Day.

The familiar tug-of-war between lifestyle and development has been debated in towns across Australia for decades, but planning expert Mark Limb says striking a balance is never easy.

Emma Lovell, 41, died when she and husband Lee, 43, were stabbed by two intruders breaking into their Queensland home and a 'scuffle' broke out on the front porch on Boxing Day in which she suffered a serious chest wound

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tells a festival crowd in Queensland that the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be held before December next year.