David Chen

Emergency alerts have been issued for parts of the state, where residents are witnessing the all-too-familiar sights of flooded businesses, roads and paddocks.

Several people are rescued in the Moreton Bay suburb of Bray Park as some streets are flooded and waist-deep water sweeps through homes. 

A Toowoomba man will face trial at a yet-to-be-set date in the Supreme Court over an alleged murder in 2022.

A 33-year-old man will spend the next three days in jail after refusing to give evidence during a committal hearing into an alleged murder in southern Queensland.

A woman in her 20s is recovering after being bitten in her bed on a rural property in Queensland by what is thought to have been an eastern brown, the world's second most dangerous snake. 

The collapse of a Queensland coal mining company could signal wider problems for the industry as costs increase and commodity prices drop, according to an analyst.

An ATSB interim report reveals traces of cocaine found in Sea World pilot's system after the crash, and that it has issued an industry-wide safety notice about seatbelts on passengers not being fitted correctly on a regular basis.

A global agriculture giant that was founded by Seinfeld actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus's great, great grandfather wants to up its stake in Australia's biggest cotton processor from 17 per cent to 100 per cent ownership.

A southern Queensland school has pleaded guilty over its involvement in the death of 67-year-old James Norton.

A 26-year-old woman, who was assaulted while undergoing surgery to her left arm, is seeking $500,000 in damages. 

Shelly struggled to get her six-year-old to eat more vegies, but a Queensland school program teaching children about growing fruit and vegetables is helping to turn that around.

Alyce Nelligan, from Cambooya south of Toowoomba, is one of thousands of victims of crime in Queensland this year. An ABC analysis has found crime rates are higher per capita in regional and rural areas than metropolitan cities.

Bushfires continue to burn across southern Queensland with 32 homes and more than a dozen other structures destroyed with multiple new fires ignited after storm activity overnight.

Police are preparing a report for the coroner after a body was found following bushfires in the Tara area, west of Toowoomba, on Tuesday.

Residents of Tara and Kogan are being warned to leave immediately due to fast-moving bushfires.

Queensland will get an early taste of summer, with parts of the state set to experience temperatures nearly 10 degrees above average this week.

Police say a transmission was received that a light plane was experiencing trouble before charred remnants of the aircraft were found in a paddock on the Southern Downs.

Hundreds of caravans and camper trailers crash every year. Police in Queensland say about 90 per cent of recreational vehicles weigh too much, creating a safety hazard and potentially voiding the owners' insurance.

Katrina Reed says her fight with cervical cancer exposes the hidden financial costs for patients and their families in Australia's health system.

Nicole Louise Bourne has been fined $40,000 after pleading guilty to dozens of offences. The court heard that her Toowoomba store had attracted hundreds of complaints as well as the attention of the RSPCA.

Nicole Louise Bourne was charged with more than 200 offences in 2020. Today, just as a six-day trial was to begin, she has pleaded guilty to 39 charges.

Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold will be added to the National Police Memorial in Canberra.

Work on the multi-billion-dollar Inland Rail project slows significantly in Queensland, as an advocate warns the finished track may only stretch as far north as the state's border with New South Wales.

A capsule carrying a 4.5 billion-year-old piece of asteroid will come crashing down to Earth on Monday, and nine Australians will have the chance to observe it firsthand.

Workers at the Kogan Creek power station will take industrial action with warnings it could threaten power supplies ahead of summer.