Queensland

Health officials have issued a warning after a wet week created ideal mosquito-breeding conditions. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)
Health
Laine Clark

Deadly mosquito-borne virus warning issued after pigs infected

A deadly virus has sparked a cross-border warning amid fears a mosquito-borne illnesses will threaten a rain-hit state.

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A man died after hitting a tree and rolling his car.
Queensland
Matt Shrivell

Driver killed after ‘side-swiping’ oncoming car and tree

A man has been killed after the car he was driving hit another car, a tree and then rolled.

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Queensland police are on the hunt for two armed men.
Queensland
Matt Shrivell

Urgent police warning as armed robbery suspects on run

‘Stay indoors’: Police have issued an urgent warning to residents as they search for men armed with a gun and machete following a home invasion and robbery.

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Other paragliders who were flying with the pair who collided landed on the nearby beach and raced back up the cliff to help.
Queensland
Molly Magennis

Woman plummets to cliff face following mid-air paragliding collision

The woman fell 30m from the air, sparking a multi-agency response.

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Video
Chloe Jade Mason, 23, was allegedly chased and shot by two men on a suburban street in Queensland.
Queensland
Demi Huang

Tributes pour in for young woman shot dead in Queensland

‘This is really hard to come to terms with so close to Christmas. She has gifts wrapped under the tree she’ll never get to unwrap.’

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Two children are fighting for life after a buggy rolled in regional Queensland.
Queensland
Digital Staff

Two children fighting for life after buggy rollover

Two others have also been taken to hospital following the incident.

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A motorcyclist has sustained life-threatening injuries when they crashed into a horse at the intersection of the Bruce Hwy and Petersen Rd at Owanyilla
Queensland
Hayley Taylor

Motorcyclist fighting for life after crashing into horse on QLD highway

A motorcyclist was left fighting for life after crashing into a horse.

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A child is fighting for life after being struck by a car in Brisbane.
Australia
Digital Staff

Child fighting for life after being hit by car in Brisbane

The child was taken to hospital in a ‘possibly life-threatening condition’.

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Tradesmen have rushed to the aide of an elderly woman, injured in a house collapse in Brisbane’s inner west.
Australia
Anna McGraw, Sarah Keszler and Dominique Tassell

Tradies save elderly woman as Brisbane home collapsed around her

‘We smelled all the gas and we just ran in.’

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A 16-year-old boy has died following a horrific single-vehicle crash that killed one other and injured several others.
Queensland
Molly Magennis and Alex Chapman

Teenage driver dies following horrific crash that killed passenger in Queensland

Three others were injured in the single-vehicle crash.

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Police Service is seeking urgent public assistance to help locate an 8-year-old girl who was taken from a facility on Beach Road, Maroochydore
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Queensland
Peta Rasdien

Police issue urgent amber alert after 8yo girl taken

A desperate search is underway after an eight year old girl was allegedly taken in Queensland on Thursday morning. 

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Woman injured in Brisbane house collapse.
Australia
Sarah Keszler

Elderly woman injured as Brisbane house collapses

The 80-year-old was inside when part of the home came crashing down.

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The teenager was washed into the drain.
Queensland
Matt Shrivell

Terror as teen disappears down drainwater pipe

A teenager is lucky to be alive after being swept into a stormwater drain during the Queensland flood crisis, and was then miraculously pushed out of another drain hole in a totally different street.

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Today show host Karl Stefanovic is renting his Noosa holiday house out at a cost of $1000 per night.
Australia
Max Corstorphan

Major search after Stefanovic’s daughter reported missing

A massive search, conducted on foot, by vehicle and with the assistance of a police helicopter has taken place after TV personality Karl Stefanovic reported his four-year-old daughter Harper was missing.

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Video
Queensland residents have been asked to enact their emergency plans.
Queensland
Matt Shrivell

‘PREPARE NOW’: Emergency alerts as flood waters surge

‘Warn neighbours’: Emergency alerts to prepare and act have been sent as floodwaters surge toward towns.

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