Queensland

Specialist police, some in body armour, rushed to the area where an exclusion zone was set up and the highway closed in both directions. 

The army has arrived at the scene, using defence-issued vehicles to block the highway.

A pilot’s complaint that work burdens would ‘ultimately kill me’ went unheard by army aviation’s commander before a helicopter crash killed him and three others, an inquiry has been told.

It is ‘not satisfactory’ that a terrorism suspect was able to evade tracking while on bail and kill two people before police shot him, a coroner says.

Two children have died from their injuries sustained in a suspicious house fire, bringing the death toll to three after the body of a nine-year-old boy was found in the ruins.

Two young sisters, critically injured in the blaze, had their life support switched off overnight.

A neighbour has described the moment he realised someone was still inside a "suspicious" house fire after six people escaped the blaze in the early morning.

An international student accused of murdering his partner and concealing her body in a toolbox for 10 months is expected to give evidence in his own defence, as the Brisbane Supreme Court hears further forensic and witness testimony.

A child body has tragically been discovered inside a burnt out home in Queensland, as a 34-year old woman, along with two other kids, are fighting for life in hospital.

What first seemed like a tragic kayaking accident on a Queensland lake turned into the focus of a ‘complex and lengthy’ murder investigation, with police charging a man more than four years later.

The girl was home alone when the men broke into the home in broad daylight.

A man accused of murdering his wife and staging her death as a lawnmower crash is facing a ‘very weak’ prosecution case, his barrister previously said.

‘Like a bomb hit it’: As floodwaters recede in town in Queensland, locals face a slow and painful recovery, with many still living in caravans.

A Queensland disability charity is reeling after a string of violent wild dog attacks left their therapy horses dead.

A Queensland man has been charged with a further 119 child abuse and grooming offences, allegedly committed against nine children.