Queensland’s new Child Safety Minister will not commit to a review and has dodged questions about the shocking death of a two-month-old girl, born to an at-risk teen and at the home of long-term foster carers when ambulances were called.
Pet rescue volunteers are outraged after witnessing what they believe was a driver deliberating running down a goose which died in their arms.
An emotional brother has paid tribute to his loving sister following her unexpected death that sparked a police investigation near Mackay, and ahead of the mother-of-two’s Sunshine Coast funeral.
A Queensland MP and mayor are Japan-bound for face-to-face talks with the Iwasaki boss over stalled plans for the once-grand Capricorn Resort with a stop also planned in China over the future of another Great Barrier Reef gem.
Brought in as part of a broad overhaul to the Queensland Fire Department the committee will serve as a conduit between the rank and file volunteers and senior management to help make rural residents safer.
The Southern Downs community has rallied to support the family of a young mum of three who was tragically killed in a crash involving her three little girls just weeks before Christmas.
An iconic service station between Toowoomba and Brisbane has ceased to exist after more than a decade serving motorists. Here’s why, and what is happening next.
The fiery debate over a harm-reduction strategy first trialed in our region has caused a major divide across the spectrum. HERE’S WHAT YOU SAID.
A Queensland mum faces a mammoth road to recovery and Christmas in hospital after a head-on crash with her four young children in the backseat.
Multiple severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of the state’s south as Queensland sweats through extreme heat. HOTTEST TEMPS
Plans to expand Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel have reignited fears of environmental harm and public land loss, 22 years after a Supreme Court order.
A Toowoomba man, who bit a former partner on the face has been released from custody after pleading guilty to a raft of domestic violence related charges relating to multiple women.
Police are investigating the use of a stolen Toyota Landcruiser in a ram raid at a major Emerald shopping centre on December 3.
Fatalities on our roads are at their highest in what is shaping up to be a horror year in our regions, with truck drivers, motorbike riders, families and friends tragically dying before their time.
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