The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Nearly 800 employees of south-east Queensland's water supplier are underpaid by more than $7 million, with one employee owed $380k, with the final total yet to be established.

DAVE the band drummer Gabe Argiris remembers fondly performing at Lass O'Gowrie's Beach Street festival and how it rapidly expanded their audience. Years later Argiris, now a promoter, musician and co-owner of Novotone studio, is aiming to shine a spotlight on the latest crop of bands germinating in the fertile…

Figures show nearly 26,000 ‘separations’ of Indigenous children in a year as advocates call for ban of ‘shameful’ practice

The "largest pumped hydro storage in the world" is at the heart of an energy plan allowing Queensland to be more ambitious with renewable and emissions targets.

More than 21,000 evidence samples collected from crime scenes across Queensland were never initially tested by a forensic laboratory, an inquiry has been told.

A Queensland mother whose son took his own life just hours after learning he owed a Centrelink debt says she hopes the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme will bring about justice for victims.

The lab is under scrutiny after years of mounting concerns over testing failures, and last week's bombshell interim report from Walter Sofronoff KC found "untrue" or "misleading" statements had been issued to the courts.

A man who received a good behaviour bond after broadcasting threatening messages towards a South Australian MP is jailed for eight months after continuing the abuse. He had previously avoided jail despite admitting he breached his bond by stabbing a woman and her dog in Queensland in 2017.

An already wet September is set to end with another soaking for many regional Queenslanders, as a band of storms sweeps across much of the state bringing hail, wind and rainfall.