The Latest Breaking News from Brisbane River

Our cities have altered their original landscapes so greatly that their natural systems are profoundly compromised. These systems – such as swamps, rivers, creeks, aquifers and bushland corridors – need more space to function properly. Sometimes they assert their underlying presence through land subsidence, floods and fires. As Margaret Cook…

A high-rise resident captures footage of sharks circling in the Brisbane River from the 22nd floor.

The RAAF releases 360 vision of an F/A-18F jet skimming the Brisbane River during Riverfire's rehearsal.

A man who was drunk and speeding when he caused the "senseless, needless and brutal death" of his daughter-in-law in a boat crash on the Brisbane River will be deported after serving time in jail.

A 48-year-old NZ citizen has been jailed and faces deportation over the death of his daughter-in-law, killed when a dinghy hit a jetty on the Brisbane River.

A forensic psychiatrist has been called to give evidence on the mental health of a boat owner charged after a fatal marine incident on the Brisbane River.

A "drug crime syndicate" may have been responsible for a fatal marine incident in the Brisbane River, a court has heard.

A boat involved in a fatal marine incident on the Brisbane River was found with fishing net wrapped around the propeller, a court has heard.

The bureau says widespread rain is expected in central and South East Queensland and warns the falls could cause flooding in the Mary River Catchment and the upper creeks of the lower Brisbane River.