The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Here's a wrap of what to expect around the country and at popular Easter holiday destinations this long weekend.

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Left-wing advocacy outfit GetUp will target a slate of seats across NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory as it aims to dethrone the Morrison government.

Tiny Queensland frontier town of 115 swells to more than 3,000 as racegoers, bookies and caravaners make the long trek to attend Birdsville's famous horse racing event.

The Brisbane prep student was diagnosed with hearing loss in both ears as a baby and received cochlear implants a month after her first birthday.

The map below shows the 2019 federal election results adjusted for redistributions in Victoria and Western Australia. Victoria gained a seat (Hawke), while WA lost one (Stirling). Hawke is a notional Labor seat, while Stirling was a Liberal seat, so Labor gained one notional seat by redistribution.

The Queensland government has announced an increase in fines for several driving offences, after covert road cameras caught almost 50,000 motorists using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt in just four months.

In a town with an official population of zero, the Betoota pub has once again reopened, welcoming tourists on their dusty drive in outback Queensland.

Queensland is again shaping up to be in the hot seat this federal election with back-to-back disasters swaying voter sentiment, analysts say.

Inadequate mobile coverage and internet speeds mean north Queenslanders say ‘once you’re north of Townsville, you might as well be on the moon’

Labor told it needs to ‘find a way to reconnect with Queenslanders’, where the Liberal party holds 23 of the state’s 30 seats