The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Babysitter Lisa Halcrow is sentenced to ten years' jail over the manslaughter of a toddler in southern Queensland, after being depicted in court as a "conniving liar, devoid of remorse".

There's been a significant rise in cases and hospitalisations in Queensland, with vaccination rates severely lagging behind other states, particularly for children.

The Department of Environment and Science is continuing investigations into cause of a large fish kill in the Mulgrave River, downstream from Gordonvale in far north Queensland.

Opener Joe Burns will become the 16th cricketer to play 100 first-class games for Queensland when he plays against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

A pre-inquest conference at the Queensland Coroner's Court at Southport heard Jennifer Kohl's mother had requested the inquest into the circumstances of her daughter's 2017 death at a farm in Mount Tamborine, where she and her boyfriend had been working picking avocados.

A 12-year-old boy is in hospital after being hit on a crossing in Brisbane's south by an unregistered car evading police during an intercept.

After the official merger on March 21, 2023, the new entity will have 720,000 members, 1,900 employees, and more than $23 billion in assets.

Hundreds of southeast Queensland drivers may have been stung by a sophisticated car fraud operation selling second-hand cars with tampered odometers.

Graphic media coverage of domestic violence cases could contribute to "copycat'' behaviour, a new University of Queensland study suggests.