Queensland

A man has been charged after a horrific image allegedly showing him pointing a gun at two children who were bound with duct tape was found by police.

The incident occurred during a routine training flight.

Three teenagers were killed while attempting to overtake a truck in heavy fog on Friday night.

An investigation is underway after a light aircraft crashed in southeastern Queensland, killing two people.

Authorities say contact tracing is continuing for hospital, school staff who may have been exposed to a man admitted with a rare strain of mpox.

A man in his 20s was rushed to hospital with injuries.

A major incident was been declared after a young man was struck and killed in bizarre circumstances on a rural Queensland road. 

A man has been shot dead by police after he advanced on officers armed with a machete and a knife.

Another driver was rushed to hospital in a serious condition.

A director has resigned in another setback for a beleaguered DNA lab that had major failings over a number of years exposed by back-to-back inquiries.

A father charged over the drowning of his infant son was seen laughing and fled the scene while his partner performed CPR, a magistrate has heard.

Commonwealth Bank executive Christopher James McCann, who had been charged over allegedly procuring underage girls for sex, has been found dead. 

A man has been charged over the alleged indecent treatment of a four-year-old at a Queensland childcare centre.

Two teenage boys have been charged over the brutal alleged stabbing murder of a skincare entrepreneur’s husband in the front yard of their luxury home. 

A man accused of manslaughter over a baby’s drowning at a lakeside campsite intends to apply for bail, the court has heard.