Queensland News

News Alan Jorgensen was defending a minor fraud charge in 2018 when he was thrown in jail for six weeks without warning.

News Communities in Queensland’s southwest are being warned to expect floodwaters to peak as some residents are evacuated.

TV A favourite of the Far North music scene will be looking for love on one of television’s most controversial shows next week.

Opinion Queensland’s DV epidemic is anything but normal. It must be squashed - and the way forward has been shown on the Gold Coast, writes Keith Woods.

News An early childhood education leader says the tragic death of a three-year-old on a minibus in Cairns is a major wake-up call for the sector.

News A local hero has shown his faith in Dreamworld by visiting with family, while bosses break their silence on the future of the embattled theme park.

News A Far North woman who stabbed her partner to death in a Babinda park has learned her punishment after her sentence for manslaughter in a Cairns court.

Health Josie endured an eight hour surgery on Friday and her fight is far from over. Every year more than 1000 women die from this deadly disease.

News The final hours leading up to the discovery of a toddler’s body on a daycare bus have been alleged in court.

News A financial adviser has been charged with dishonestly using clients’ money to the tune of $1.1 million over 11 years to allegedly fund his personal lifestyle.

Crime The court heard the man has an ‘obvious temper problem’.

News AN unrestrained child was climbing over car seats as their mother blew six times the legal limit in a roadside random breath test.

News A GATTON mother has tried to plead guilty in the Gatton Magistrate’s Court, while claiming she’s innocent.

News A WOMAN who walks the path regularly said elderly people of the nearby aged care home are at risk of being bitten by snakes.

News The defendant was first found with drugs in his car, and on a second occasion, admitted to police he had been smoking marijuana.

Crime A court has heard how a wild New Year’s Eve of stealing and joy-riding led to a 21-year-old Sunshine Coast woman facing 25 charges.

News The rescue mission took four hours and involved eight fire and rescue crews and an excavator.

News A Queensland cop has been left shocked after spotting a motorbike rider travelling at almost triple the speed limit in the Mackay region.

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Employment Plummeting numbers of apprenticeships and trainees across the country have led to a skills shortage crisis that is hitting homeowners and businesses hard.

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News The mother of two of the Thunder River Rapids tragedy has made a secret visit to Dreamworld a day after the coroner’s findings into the deaths were handed down.