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Latest news and comment on the Australian state of Queensland
  • whale tail coming out of water

    Man knocked out by whale tail whack while in small boat off Gold Coast

    Queensland police say the man remained in his tinny after the whale hit him in waters near Coolangatta
  • The freshwater crocodile dubbed the Houdini of Hughenden

    Croc shock as Houdini the elusive crocodile pops up again in outback Queensland town

    Freshwater reptile spotted in Hughenden’s human-made lake after unexpectedly escaping death in cold snap
  • Nathaniel Train (top), Stacey and Gareth Train (bottom) against a background of the 251 Wains Rd Wieambilla property where the massacre occurred.

    Madness and murder: how the Trains brought terror to Wieambilla

    Inquest reveals how Gareth Train went from ‘keyboard warrior’ to killer, and radicalised his wife and brother
  • People hold Gold Coast vigil for 10-year-old allegedly killed by her mother – video

    People hold vigil for 10-year-old Sophie Wang, who was allegedly killed by her mother in Queensland
  • An image of Sophie Wang is seen during a vigil for the allegedly murdered schoolgirl

    ‘She was caring and compassionate’: community mourns 10-year-old Sophie Wang at Gold Coast vigil

    Hundreds gather at Emerald Lakes to remember Emmanuel College schoolgirl after she was allegedly murdered by her mother
  • Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has taken a job on the board of Australia Post

    Annastacia Palaszczuk appointed to $107,000 Australia Post board job by Labor government

    Former Queensland premier will serve a three-year term, replacing a Coalition appointment – the former Liberal party federal director Tony Nutt
  • Lady justice

    Victims would have ‘no remedy’ if judges given immunity, lawyer for wrongfully imprisoned Brisbane man tells court

    High court considering Salvatore Vasta case to weigh whether benefits of judicial immunity outweigh potential harm
  • Guns used in the shooting by Nathaniel Train, inset bottom, who along with Stacey and Gareth Train, top, ambushed police at their Wieambilla property.

    Wieambilla killer’s ‘incredibly disturbing’ emails sent to police before massacre, inquest hears

    Close associate of Nathaniel Train tells Queensland coroner’s court they forwarded emails to NSW police hours before deadly shootings
  • A bouquet of flowers is at the crime scene

    Vigil for slain schoolgirl Sophie Wang as Gold Coast community rallies around father

    A candlelight ceremony of remembrance will be held to honour the 10-year-old Cararra girl’s life on Friday
  • SES uniform

    Record-breaking downpours in eastern Australia put emergency services on high alert

    Parts of the Queensland coast copped a battering into Wednesday of more than 100mm in less than six hours
  • Police are seen at the crime scene in Carrara on the Gold Coast.

    Gold Coast mother charged with murder of 10-year-old daughter as police describe ‘incredibly confronting’ scene

    Yingying Xu, 46, arrested and charged after Emmanuel College student Sophie Wang’s body discovered at home in Emerald Lakes area of Carrara
  • Police tape

    Woman charged with murder after girl, 10, found dead at Gold Coast home

  • The helicopter crashed into the roof of the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Cairns.

    Cairns helicopter crash pilot was member of ground crew who gained ‘unauthorised access’ to aircraft

  • The Trains murdered Queensland police officers Rachel McCrow, centre, Matthew Arnold and neighbour Alan Dare, left, at their Queensland property in 2022

    ‘They were at war’: Wieambilla ambush was an act of terrorism fuelled by religious ideology, inquest hears

  • Stacey, Gareth and Nathaniel Train

    ‘Morally insane’ Wieambilla killers believed in plot to turn humans into ‘meat suits’, inquest hears

  • Stephen Kayser leaves the Brisbane Watch House on Monday 12 August, 2024

    Brisbane ex-teacher denies wrongdoing after being charged with dozens of historical child sexual offences

  • Two hotel guests, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s, were taken to Cairns hospital in a stable condition

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    Pilot killed in helicopter crash on roof of Cairns hotel was on 'unauthorised flight' – video

  • Flames after a helicopter crashes into the roof of the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Cairns

    Pilot killed as helicopter crashes into roof of Cairns hotel in early hours of morning

    Emergency services evacuate hundreds from DoubleTree by Hilton as aircraft owner says flight was ‘unauthorised’
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    Albanese praises breaker Raygun for having ‘a crack’ – as it happened

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  • Police tape

    Teenage girl charged with murder after allegedly stabbing man in back at Queensland caravan park

    A 24-year-old man was taken to Hervey Bay hospital but died from his injuries upon arrival, police say
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