News from Queensland
A passenger who was found dead in the wreckage of a north Queensland helicopter crash was a contractor for state's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), hired to maintain their remote facilities. The 25-year-old plumber, from Kewarra Beach in Cairns,...
Authorities hold grave fears for a missing nine-year-old boy, after a jet ski accident near Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. It is believed around 11:00am the jet ski crashed into the edge of Lake Moondarra, striking the boy as he...
A Queensland criminologist has given testimony in court, denying allegations he played sex games with young girls at his Brisbane home in the 1970s. Paul Richard Wilson, 75, opted to take to the stand in the Brisbane District Court on...
A male pilot has survived a helicopter crash in Mount Windsor National Park in far north Queensland. Emergency services received a EPIRB distress call from the Robinson R-44 helicopter just after 1:30pm from an area west of the Daintree, near...
A bushfire warning was downgraded last night but 25 properties were under threat as a fire raged out of control west of Cooktown. Cooktown Shire Council Mayor Peter Scott (right) said the blaze, which started just before midday yesterday, had...
Christmas has come early for Bundaberg and North Burnett with $7.2 million worth of Palaszczuk Government funds for cultural, sporting and recreational activities, and flood resilience projects. In Bundaberg to announce the funding today, State Development Minister and Minister for...