The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

A former Queensland record keeper has called for an inquiry into state government integrity, saying "everyone knows" there are cultural and structural problems.

Disaster management groups are on alert as flooding river systems in the Gulf of Carpentaria isolate remote communities.

Family members of amateur filmmakers are uncovering home movies dating back to the 1930s, which document life in the Sunshine State over generations.

Job losses could be most severe in Queensland's Bowen Basin, NSW's Hunter and the Pilbara in WA without a targeted national net-zero plan, a report warns.

Fans, families and children in Barty's hometown of Ipswich gather to cheer on the world number one's victory, while the Mayor sounds out a possible statue of the 25-year-old.

Queensland has recorded 13 virus-related deaths and 8580 new cases as details are released about its back to school plan just over a week before classes return.

Another 13 people in Queensland have died from COVID and 8,580 new cases have been recorded in the state, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. She also confirmed masks will be mandatory for high school students and encouraged for students from Year 3 when classes resume on February 7.

The Australian Defence Force is being called in to deliver food to communities isolated by flood waters in South Australia's far north.

All the day’s news as it unfolded