Queensland reveals concept plans for Brisbane Olympic stadium precinct – but critics say they are ‘fantasy vision’
David Crisafulli says ‘Queenslanders will enjoy for generations’ as opponents point to lack of detailGet our breaking news email, free app or daily ne...
Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royaltiesGet our breaking news...
Queensland MP pens ‘White Men Can Sprint’ social media post after Lachlan Kennedy takes silver in Glasgow
LNP member Llew O’Brien says ‘there is nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage’, leading Angus Taylor to state: ‘I congratulate all Australian...
Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy
Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our ...
One Nation faces being struck off in Queensland after failing to file audited financial statements
Breach exposes Pauline Hanson to possible fines as party given deadline to comply by 18 AugustFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGe...
Protesters launch high court challenge to Queensland ban on ‘from the river to the sea’
Exclusive: Lawsuit filed on behalf of seven protesters alleges ban amounts to ‘a direct, content-based restriction’ on speech, effectively targeting p...
The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors
Exclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversightGet our breaking news...
Queensland unlawfully detained children in adult watch house without private toilet access, tribunal finds
State ordered to apologise after ruling finds it breached law when detaining teenagers in a Cairns watch houseGet our breaking news email, free app or...
Man charged with murder after remains believed to be missing woman found in Queensland bushland
Toowoomba woman Jana Armstrong was last seen several days agoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free a...
Australia news live: man charged with murder after discovery of remains believed to be missing Queensland woman
Jana Armstrong was reported missing from Newtown after she was last seen on 7 July. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or...
El misterio de las 'bolas espaciales': Australia investiga el origen de seis misteriosas esferas metálicas encontradas en una playa de Queensland
Aunque en un primer momento se llegó a generar inquietud entre los residentes por la posible presencia de sustancias peligrosas, las autoridades han p...
Likely origin of mysterious ‘space balls’ found on Queensland beaches revealed by Australian Space Agency
Organisation says objects consistent with ‘debris from a foreign rocket body that recently re-entered the atmosphere’ The Australian Space Agency has ...
Mysterious debris found on Queensland beaches could be ‘space balls’ – and may contain toxic rocket fuel
Australian Space Agency working to confirm origin of objects as space archaeologist says they may be connected to a rocket launchSix pieces of suspect...
Queensland government admits vulnerable children slept on floor of public service offices
LNP denies claims that recent changes to child safety practices have led to an increase in the use of office spaceFollow our Australia news live blog ...
Here we Joh again? The spectre of Bjelke-Petersen still looms large over Queensland
The LNP’s unapologetic moves on crime, transgender healthcare and police-led suppression of protests are a throwback to days many thought had come and...
Australia politics live: NSW to lower road toll cap and Queensland to promise infrastructure in today’s state budgets
Weekly toll cap in NSW to fall from $60 to $50 for one year. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood m...
‘Osprey cam’ streams life of nesting seabirds perched at tip of 55 metre-long Queensland rainforest canopy crane
Researchers believe the same pair of birds have been mating and nesting in the unusual spot in the Daintree Rainforest for 15 consecutive yearsGet our...
Queensland magistrate suppresses identity of man with ‘high public profile’ in extortion case
Media outlets argue man’s name should be made public and police acting to protect him from ‘embarrassment’Follow our Australia news live blog for late...
‘Imminent threat’: charges laid against 13-year-old who allegedly planned attack on Queensland school
Alleged threat on regional school north of Brisbane was ‘quite well advanced’, Queensland counter-terrorism police sayQueensland counter-terrorism pol...
Queensland police shoot pet dog after running it over as distressed residents watch on
Graphic videos on social media appear to show upset onlookers after police accidentally ran over animal in Mount Isa streetFollow our Australia news l...
Queensland man charged with murder after allegedly beating elderly pedestrian to death with pole
Bundaberg man, 36, allegedly drove into and assaulted multiple people in Childers and North Isis on WednesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for l...
Shark attack: man dies on Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland
The 39-year-old was reportedly fishing at Kennedy Shoal between Cairns and Townsville when emergency services alerted around midday Get our breaking n...
Australia news live: Queensland police shot dead man north of Brisbane; gunshots heard near White House
Shooting of man who was allegedly armed with a firearm at a house in Narangba to be investigatedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news po...
Australia news live: flash flooding hits Queensland roads; $57bn of Victoria infrastructure threatened by climate hazards
Flood warning in place on Gold Coast. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRestricting welfare to citize...
Australia news live: Queensland Labor ahead in Stafford byelection despite large swing
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome federal politics for you coming up: we’re expecting to hear ...
Stafford byelection tipped to swing towards LNP as danger looms for Steven Miles’ leadership of Queensland Labor
Voters in northern Brisbane electorate go to polls after sudden death of former independent MP Jimmy SullivanGet our breaking news email, free app or ...
Albanese government abandons beleaguered inland rail project connecting NSW with Queensland
Originally envisioned to run 1,700km from Melbourne to a port near Brisbane, the mega infrastructure project will now only connect Beveridge in Victor...
Queensland government in ‘integrity crisis’ over alleged undisclosed affair between two ministers, opposition says
The Olympic Games minister, Tim Mander, and the child safety minister, Amanda Camm say they were not in a relationship when they were sworn inFollow o...
State’s police minister says buyback ‘doesn’t focus on keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals’, leaving NSW only clear supporter of...
