Queensland

The Geminids meteor shower will be lighting up our skies this weekend.

Spectacular meteor shower to light up Australian skies

The ‘natural fireworks show’ will be visible from several iconic places around the country.

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Toyah Cordingley drove to a beach for a Sunday afternoon walk with her dog and didn't return. (HANDOUT/DC5)

Former nurse learns fate over Toyah Cordingley’s stabbing murder

Rajwinder Singh has been sentenced a day after being found guilty of murdering 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley.

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IGA stores in QLD are pulling affected minced meat packages off its shelves.

Urgent recall for minced meat from popular Queensland supermarkets

Authorities warn affected products could cause ‘illness or injury if consumed’.

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Ashley Paul Griffith was sentenced to life behind bars with a non-parole period of 27 years.

Monster Aussie paedo ‘could have been stopped sooner’

One of Australia’s worst pedophiles ‘could and should’ have been stopped, with a damning report finding “warning signs” weren’t listened to.

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Final planning approval has been given for the Inland Rail connecting Melbourne and Brisbane so less freight is transported on the Pacific Highway.

NSW approves Melbourne-to-Brisbane rail link

Final planning approval has been given for the trouble-plagued Inland Rail connecting Melbourne and Brisbane so less freight is transported on the Pacific Highway.

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Weather forecast Australia.

Heatwave warning for multiple States expecting scorching

An intense early-summer heatwave is driving temperatures above 40C across multiple States, prompting severe warnings and raising the risk of bushfires as hot air drifts east.

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A man has been shot in the early hours of Friday in a Queensland suburb and is now fighting for life.

Man dies after ‘targeted’ shooting inside home

Police have provided a tragic update after a man was shot in the early hours of Friday in a Queensland suburb.

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Update in dog owner that allegedly left his dog to die in car.

Huge update after Arnie tragically found dead in car

Police have laid fresh charges against the owner of Arnie the German shepherd after investigators uncovered new details about the dog’s death in a parked ute.

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Convicted child abuser Shannon Norgate has died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a Queensland Correctional Centre.

Repeat paedophile dies after alleged attack by inmates

Convicted child abuser Shannon Norgate has died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a Queensland Correctional Centre.

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Beau Bradford, 15, has died after a workplace accident.

‘Light in the room’: Family mourns teen tradie killed on worksite

‘If you ever had the privilege of meeting Beau, you’d know that the world is a lot dimmer today without him.’

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A man has been gunned down in a shooting as police probe a targeted attack.

Fatal shooting in Brisbane park sparks major police probe

A man has been shot dead in what police believe was a targeted attack, with officers confirming there is no ongoing threat to the community.

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Friends of the Sea World helicopter pilot killed in a 2023 crash have told an inquest he used cocaine at a New Year’s Eve party days before the disaster.

Sea World pilot’s drug use before deadly crash exposed

Inquest hears Ash Jenkinson partied on New Year’s Eve 2022 and took cocaine just days before the fatal helicopter collision.

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The CFMEU targeted women as part of its attempt to gain control of Queensland construction sites, an inquiry in Brisbane heard.

Union head told she wasn’t safe on site after CFMEU threats

The Queensland head of the Australian Workers’ Union was told to stay away from a project targeted by CFMEU because her safety was at risk.

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Emergency crews spent more than an hour carefully removing a teenager from under a collapsed wall. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Worker crushed to death on site, teen trapped under concrete

A worker has died and a teenager is seriously injured after a retaining wall collapsed during peak hour at a construction site in Brisbane’s West End.

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Police have appealed for public help after a seven-month-old was reported missing. He was last seen with a 26-year-old woman, pictured.

Public appeal as urgent search launched for missing baby

Police have appealed for public help after a seven-month-old was reported missing.

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