The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Intense rain and high levels of humidity have created the perfect breeding ground for mould in south-east Queensland.

The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales highlight, yet again, Australia’s failure to plan for natural disasters. As we’re seeing now in heartbreaking detail, everyday Australians bear the enormous cost of this inaction.

The death toll from the east coast floods across New South Wales and Queensland has risen to 21

Flood warnings stretched across Australia's east coast on Tuesday and tens of thousands of Sydney residents fled their homes as torrential rains again pummeled the country's largest city, flooding several big suburbs. Australia's eastern rivers were already near capacity following record downpours in several parts of Queensland and New South…

A coronial inquest into the death of Queensland woman Doreen Langham hears that a police officer who attended her property before it was set on fire could have checked the history of the man believed to be responsible for her death.

The BOM says a wind change looks set to bring atmospheric instability and more storms before easing by early on Thursday, as the heatwave continues in the state's north.

Queensland Corrective Services have confirmed that a 57-year-old man has died in his cell at Townsville Correctional Centre.

The Queensland government is investigating after three women reportedly were sent home by a remote northwest hospital and died of rheumatic heart disease.

Another five people have died with COVID-19 in Queensland as the state records 4397 new cases, but hospitalisations have fallen to less than 270.