The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll admits it was a bad decision to promote a senior officer after he made sexist comments.

Katarina Carroll’s first appearance was something of a public relations disaster – her second is being viewed by many as an interview to keep her job

Shannon Fentiman says she will meet with Karen Iles after raising the matter with the police minister

Helen Gregg, the quality manager at Queensland Health's Forensic and Scientific Services since 2006, says she only became aware of the change this year – more than four years after it was implemented.

The Kaban Green Power Hub is being hailed as a key part of Queensland's renewable energy target, but some fear projects like it will put World Heritage-listed rainforests in jeopardy.

To quit coal and move to renewables, we need large-scale energy storage. That’s where pumped hydro comes in. Queensland’s ambitious new plan involves shifting from a coal-dominated electricity grid to 80% renewables within 13 years, using 22 gigawatts of new wind and solar. The plan relies on two massive new…

A decision by Queensland's forensics lab not to test certain DNA samples as thoroughly as possible saved less than $1 million a year, a hearing has been told.

The Queensland government is planning to set up a new manufacturing sector to make parts and components needed for its renewable energy transition.

Australia's former Test captain Tim Paine will make his comeback to elite cricket in Tasmania's Sheffield Shield game against Queensland in Brisbane.

Wind power in Queensland will be bankrolled by Telstra as the telecommunications giant aims to be 100 per cent powered by renewable electricity by 2025.

The heart-shaped Lake Eyre Basin covers about one-sixth of Australia. It contains one of the few remaining pristine river systems in the world.