Queensland

Staff had no idea the five-year-old was missing until mum arrived to pick them up.

Sweltering conditions and weeks of dry weather have officials on high alert as Australia experiences a spring heatwave that could bring catastrophic results.

The families who have lost 12-year-old best mates and one of their mothers in a house fire have broken their silence.

A landmark pact will allow First Nations councils to advise the state cabinet on major issues, earning comparisons with the failed Voice to Parliament proposal.

A man was behind on rent and in the process of being evicted before he allegedly murdered his landlady and washed off her blood in a swimming pool.

There is an urgent investigation underway into the link between the group and the source.

The leakage from the package forced an emergency evacuation of the Queensland post office.

Parents are urged to stay vigilant as contact tracing continues and more students may have been exposed.

Information given to detectives investigating the death of a toddler has been inconsistent, police say, prompting an appeal for witnesses.

The workers handled a package that was leaking an unknown substance.

Several cases of a highly infectious disease have now been confirmed in one state, with a primary school among the locations on alert.

“I was shitting myself to be quite honest but he had to be stopped.”

The 26-year-old suffered serious injuries and was unable to be saved.

An Australian Defence Force training exercise in north Queensland has ended in tragedy, with one soldier dead and others injured.

Five horses were inadvertently shot during an aerial cull at a remote property.