The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

When asked to plead, teenager with mental age of an eight-year-old responded ‘yeah’, judge says as he sets aside Atherton magistrate’s rulings

Victorian capital to swelter through 41C heat on Monday as BoM issues extreme heatwave warnings for NT and northern Queensland

Labor’s capitulation on ‘adult crime, adult time’ and David Crisafulli’s abortion gag show both parties struggling to adjust to life on opposite sides of the chamber

Traditionally considered a US, Canadian and Australian phenomenon, a new survey shows Big Things are far more universal than previously thought

New information provided to authorities has raised suspicions about the deaths of twin baby boys three years after their bodies were found in north Queensland.

A report has called for urgent change after finding one state has up to four times as many children in residential care than others.

Research shows nearly three-quarters of Australians don't plan or properly protect their homes from potential storm damage before leaving on summer holidays.

A state government has fulfilled more of its election promises by scrapping a "patient's tax" and stamp duty for first-home buyers.

A controversial "adult crime, adult time" election pledge has become law after tough youth justice legislation was passed in Queensland parliament.

Counter-terrorism unit raids home of Morningside man as assistant commissioner says ‘there is no place for antisemitism or prejudice or hatred’

Wen Li, a graduate student living in Brisbane, ran for the seat of Mansfield as a Greens candidate in the recent Queensland election. Li promoted his policies on Xiaohongshu, one of the most popular Chinese social media platforms. When he lost, he posted a message on the platform announcing his…