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…

A police inspector tells the inquiry samples taken from an unnamed murder victim returned a usable DNA profile after being retested by Queensland's troubled forensic lab.

The debate over height restrictions for developments along the coast of a regional Queensland town is back in the spotlight, but now the decision could be up to the state government.

A police officer giving evidence at the inquiry into Queensland's troubled forensic laboratory says "it was alarming" that samples from a murder case which had been "shelved" later yielded DNA results after further analysis.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will today unveil what she has called "one of the biggest announcements our government has ever made", including the state's energy plan for the next decade.

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.