Queensland

The decision to bail out a Queensland copper smelter is an opportunity for Australia to start exploiting its critical mineral wealth, an industry expert says.

Burnt alcohol wipes, zip ties, a mobile phone and a piece of paper with details of the man’s family were found in a fire pit on a rural property during the investigation.

A former air force pilot is accused of strangling his wife in a 'murderous rage' before staging her death to look like a lawnmower accident, a magistrate heard.

A court has been told of crucial autopsy findings in the case of a man accused of murdering his wife and staging it as a suspected ride-on mower accident.

Residents are being urged to prepare to leave their homes as fierce bushfires burn in one state, with warnings they could rapidly worsen.

A 64-year-old man has died and a woman has been rescued after being pulled from a water tank on a property near Bundaberg.

Locals were shocked to find the shoreline at The Spit covered in thousands of dead fish, prompting urgent testing and a major clean-up.

Fears for the safety of hundreds of long weekend holidaymakers have prompted a massive response to an out-of-control bushfire on a popular Queensland island.

He argued financial pressure forced him out but the commissioner ruled otherwise.

Two rides reportedly broke down in scorching conditions.

The brawling carpet pythons, each around two metres long, dropped through a manhole above the pantry.

A man accused of murdering a father-of-two a few years after serving as his groomsman has a record of breaching bail.

Friends have remembered the life of a woman who was found dead alongside her eight-year-old daughter in a multimillion-dollar Airbnb.

Barristers are looking for damning inside evidence to build a case that corruption is endemic in Queensland’s construction industry.

Police say a grim email sent in the hours before the tragedy sparked the welfare check that led to the discovery of a mother and daughter at the luxury Brisbane home.