
Shooting a wake-up call on conspiracy theories
The shooting deaths of six people during an ambush in Queensland should be a wake-up call for Australians about the real-world dangers...

Watchdog takes casino giant Star to court
Star Entertainment faces more civil penalties for allegedly allowing customers to move cash through risky back channels and continuing business with “higher-risk...

Palaszczuk to reform Qld police after scathing report
The Queensland Police Service will be restructured to stamp out a widespread culture of sexism, racism and misogyny, after a report said...

Scientists fear major encephalitis outbreak
There’s been 31 confirmed human cases and six deaths so far this year, and the virus may be endemic in Australia, researchers from Brisbane’s...

Queensland to reform lobbyist watchdog
Queensland will have an independent political lobbying watchdog and people caught lobbying without being registered will face fines of almost $29,000 under...

Final report into deadly Queensland flood due
A review of the Queensland government’s preparations for and response to catastrophic floods which killed 13 people and damaged 18,000 homes and...

Toddler dies with virus as infections rise
A toddler has died of COVID-19 in Queensland as a new study shows almost half of Australia’s adults have been infected with...

Queensland virus outbreak spreads to cruise ship
Queensland authorities are managing a COVID-19 outbreak on a cruise ship as the state’s third virus wave nears 41,000 active cases. The...

Queensland hospitals hunker down for virus peak
Queensland’s biggest hospitals have suspended non-urgent surgeries and other operations ahead of the peak of the state’s third COVID-19 wave. Another seventeen...

Qld hospitals may halt elective surgeries
Queensland hospitals may need to suspend elective surgery again as the state faces a third COVID-19 wave, the state’s Health Minister says....