As counting continues, Chris ‘Pineapple’ Hooper, Tony Williams and Russell Claus have firmed as the three lead candidates in the race to be Rockhampton mayor.
Danielle O'Neal
One of the world’s most wanted men – an accused drug lord compared to El Chapo and Pablo Escobar – faces extradition to Australia after a shock arrest orchestrated by Aussie police.
KATE KYRIACOU
Death rained from the sky on a packed Queensland beach when a shark spotting plane crashed in 1950, writes Dot Whittington.
Dot Whittington
Power, celebrity and wealth should not entitle people to elbow their way to the front of the COVID vaccine program ahead of the elderly, writes Lucy Carne.
Lucy Carne
Ex Newman Government police minister David Gibson has spoken for the first time about his blossoming relationship with a transgender partner, while revealing how his time in politics still impacts his mental health.
STEVEN WARDILL
Townsville, Nambour and Rockhampton are the latest towns to detect the virus in sewage but Queensland Health cannot explain why some areas show traces yet have no documented infections. SEE FULL LIST
Janelle Miles
Federal MP Andrew Laming has made a conciliatory response to a broadside from the Deputy Premier over his Australia Day social posts.
Nathan Edwards
Sick of having their work ripped-off by foreign factories, a group of Brisbane designers and craftspeople are urging people to buy local.
Michelle Collins
Crooked cash is flooding into illegal betting markets, raising fears of match fixing and corruption across Australian sport.
Stephen Drill
The first person Sam Burgess called after a blowup with his father-in-law was a well-known adviser and “fix-it man”. Phoebe reached out to three people before dialling triple-0. SEE WHO THEY CALLED
Carla Hildebrandt
Two men have been rushed to hospital, one in a serious condition with a significant injury, following a motorcycle collision in the Gold Coast Hinterland this morning.
Police have released new footage into an investigation surrounding two armed robberies at Brisbane hotels, with authorities now believing the two incidents are linked by the same man.
From the outside it looks like a resort, but inside this nursing home is a house of horrors putting residents’ lives on the line.
Natasha Bita
Expats and interstate refugees looking to ‘try before they buy’ are driving Gold Coast rents to dizzying heights.
Elizabeth Tilley
A strange new political odd couple is emerging as Scott Morrison and Annastacia Palaszczuk put their differences behind them.
Matthew Killoran
It took one interaction with Australia’s political leaders for a disheartened Simon Baker to sign up for this confronting new Australian film.
Amy Price
Brisbane pop twins Lisa and Jessica Origliasso of The Veronicas have announced a surprise fashion line, collaborating with a popular Gold Coast label.
Queensland’s Office of Fair Trading has issued a warning to steer clear of these furniture removalists after a truckload of complaints.
Mel Buttle loves her dog Ruby and says her life revolves around her. But how do your know if your dog feels the same?
Mel Buttle
Queensland’s Maritime Museum is pinning all its hopes on this weekend’s trial re-opening being a sell-out to keep the besieged attraction open in the long-term.
Jon Sullivan, a politician who represented Queenslanders for more than a decade, has passed away.
A Brisbane District Court jury has found Sakaria Taufao deliberately turned off his ride-share app before raping a teenager in 2015.
DANIELLE BUCKLEY
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has renewed her plea for people to get a COVID-19 test after viral fragments were found in wastewater at four Queensland locations.
Shocking footage has been released of the moment police discovered a Brisbane mum driving with her infant’s capsule sitting unsecured on the front passenger seat.
Darren Cartwright
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