Hannah Walsh

Emergency services were called to Harbour Beach in Mackay shortly after 1pm following reports of a body being found in a car.

Marilyn Joy Wallman was 14 when she vanished from an isolated stretch of road while riding her bicycle in Mackay. More than 50 years later, her family is desperate for answers.

Police will allege that toddler Diana Jane Hanbury was denied medical intervention from her parents which caused her death in north Queensland in 2022.

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is crossing the north Queensland coast near Townsville, with the system revised to category two — as it happened.

The cyclone is currently a category one but is expected to cross the coast as a category two system on Thursday night, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. 

A mismatched bunch of thrill seekers on a world marathon sailing challenge take shelter in Northern Queensland to avoid wild weather in their path.

Communities are going online to help catch alleged criminals at work in their neighbourhoods. But experts say "digital vigilantism" can land people in hot water.

Members of families tackling shiftwork and a fly-in-fly-out lifestyle can often miss out on Christmas festivities, but with a little festival season magic, and lot of preparation, these Australians are making it work.

Police say a man who threatened them with a knife outside a hotel in Bowen this morning has been shot dead.

A woman has been arrested after allegedly murdering her four-year-old child two years ago in North Queensland.

What began as pins and needles in his feet quickly left 43-year-old Mackay man Matthew Dillon entirely dependent on his partner and unable to work.

A three-month recovery mission for a defence helicopter that crashed into the sea off Queensland's Whitsunday Coast has ended, but investigations into the incident are ongoing.

With families battling year-long childcare waitlists, some parents in North Queensland are being thrown a lifeline by their employers.

Police found the body in a residence on a quiet Mackay street earlier today and a 55-year-old woman was taken into custody. Shocked neighbours say the occupants of the house seemed "quite friendly".

A multi-million-dollar holiday home which once hosted movie star George Clooney has been destroyed by fire that took emergency services several hours to extinguish. 

Matthew James Ireland inflicted sickening injuries on Hemi Goodwin-Burke in 2015 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the day his murder trial was to begin. Today he's a free man, but Hemi's family say they've got a life sentence.

The 30-year-old is expected to face court today over what police allege are "serious and traumatic" crimes.

Consumers looking for plant-based options already have an abundance of choices, from oat, almond, soy, and rice, to even macadamia milk. So, what does sugar cane milk have to offer?

It started with a group of mates, their bikes and the beach. It's taken almost a century, but the Motorcycle Beach Races now has an all-women class — and they're revving to go.

Police say one child was caught after he returned to watch the blaze he allegedly lit destroy a Whitsunday house.

Maritime authorities acting on a tip-off from a union find conditions aboard a bulk-carrier docked at a North Queensland port to be "disgraceful". 

The Mackay Base Hospital wins back part of its training accreditation after a healthcare scandal that left dozens of women permanently injured and led to the entire board's sacking. 

The National Disability Insurance Scheme workforce needs to grow by 128,000 workers in the next couple of years, and support workers are in short supply.

The future of a Queensland mining community that was on the brink of collapse has been guaranteed after the state government announced new legislation to save the town.

The giants of the sea give up their secrets to citizen scientists as tiny microphones capture the songs of humpback whales in the Great Barrier Reef.