QLD News

AllegationsCops investigate Broncos over banned pub session

A police investigation has been launched after up to ten Brisbane Broncos allegedly breached COVID-19 restrictions by socialising at the Everton Park Hotel.

Kate Kyriacou, Thomas Chamberlin, Peter Badel

VideoWATCH: COVID girl’s dad in fiery exchange with TV reporters

The father of one girl in the trio of women who returned to Melbourne and allegedly lied at a border checkpoint to avoid quarantine has claimed TV crews were ‘intimidating’ the family outside their home south of Brisbane. SEE THE ENCOUNTER

Shiloh Payne

CoronavirusMan surrenders after fleeing COVID quarantine

The man who fled a 14-day COVID quarantine after nine days in a southeast Queensland hotel has surrendered himself to police after a major manhunt as it’s revealed he had previously been charged with attempting to get into Queensland unlawfully.

Jessica Marszalek, Kate Kyriacou

KindnessGenerous stranger’s massive reward to find missing dog

A Queensland man who has been desperately searching for his missing white shar pei, Rafiki, has been given a generous offer from a total stranger who wanted to help find the dog.

Sophie Chirgwin

‘Not guilty’Actor Dan Wyllie denies domestic violence charges

The prolific Aussie actor, charged with multiple offences over an alleged domestic-related incident at a Sydney home in March, did not appear in court due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Derrick Krusche

Focus‘Opportunity lost’: Concerns over DV protections

It’s been six months since the murder of Hannah Clarke and her children, but Australia’s domestic violence protections have gone backwards under the cover of COVID-19, a leading researcher says.

Chris Clarke

Piggery break-inAlleged piglet-thief model in court

A swimwear model and animal activist with more than 70,000 Instagram followers is expected to plead guilty to stealing several piglets during a southeast Queensland piggery break-in, a court has heard.

Vanessa Marsh

InvestigationMan assisting cops after shocking motorcyclist death

A man has come forward following the death of a man who was struck by an unknown vehicle on the Bruce Highway south of Gympie on Monday night.

Danielle O'Neal

CourtTruckie on trial over bus driver’s death

A truckie whose vehicle collided with a bus on a sweeping bend south of Brisbane, killing its driver and injuring passengers, told police of an automatic mechanism in the vehicle that he “wished” he’d turned off, a court has heard.

Alexandria Utting

COURTVeteran judge ‘still has faith’ after a life jailing notorious criminals

He may have seen his fair share of crime in the past 30 years, but Queensland’s longest serving sitting judge Kerry O’Brien’s attitude to life isn’t what you’d expect.

Alexandria Utting

CourtKiller mum to face sentence hearing over son’s agonising death

The killer Queensland mum whose sentence for the death of her four-year-old son was quashed, will face a new contested sentence hearing to determine her part in the little boy’s agonising death.

Kay Dibben

LATEST‘Two enemies in COVID war’: Premier’s grim NZ warning

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has used the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in New Zealand to remind Queenslanders that the battle against the pandemic was far from over. It comes as the state goes another day without any new cases.

Domanii Cameron, Jessica Marszalek

$70m lifelineDreamworld confirms reopening date with huge pass discount

Dreamworld and sister park WhiteWater World will be back in business in time for the school holidays, and will offer heavily discounted entrance fees after confirming their reopening dates.

Greg Stolz

COVID-19Blossoming Brisbane A-lister event canned

One of Brisbane’s niche A-lister annual events has been scrapped due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, leaving the city’s oldest and most opulent shopping arcade a little less colourful.

Kylie Lang

Latest‘You just have to suck it up and move on’

Kerri-Anne Kennerley says she is “back on the lazy susan of television”, talking for the first time since she and a handful of high profile presenters were axed from Channel 10. FULL DETAILS

Jonathon Moran

GrommetSurf champ Fanning ‘in awe’ after birth of baby boy

Gold Coast surfing legend Mick Fanning is now a proud dad to a new grommet, with the triple world champion and partner Breeana Randall announcing the birth of their son.

Greg Stolz and Sophie Chirgwin

Sit-in‘Go around the damn bridge’: Story Bridge protest back on

Organisers of a planned mass protest on the Story Bridge say the event will go ahead on Saturday, after a meeting with the Australian Border Force to gain day release for a group of refugees holed up inside a Brisbane apartment complex was labelled “a joke”.

Danielle O'Neal

DON’T YOU WORRYRecord prices recorded in Bjelke-Petersen auction

Eager bidders battled long into the night to own a slice of Queensland political history, with a lunch menu that sold for $39,000 topping the auction.

Hayden Johnson & Michelle Collins

See the listQueenslanders among 164 suburbs still without NBN

Australia’s NBN has celebrated the end of its rollout, but thousands of households are still waiting for the technology across Queensland. See if it’s near you.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Road tollSunshine Coast woman killed in ute rollover

A Sunshine Coast woman has been killed after becoming trapped in the wreckage of a ute rollover on the Dawson Hwy near Springsure yesterday. A man and a teenage boy were also injured.

RTIDamning report leads to ‘cover-up’ claims

Despite Annastacia Palaszczuk pledging her Government would be open and accountable, a damning report has been released regarding online RTI disclosure logs. The LNP said it spoke “volumes to the cover-up culture … fostered under the Palaszczuk Labor Government”. But Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath has hit back.

Domanii Cameron

ClaimsCaxton investigated over Langer ‘breach’

The Caxton Hotel is under police investigation after allegedly sneaking Broncos legend Allan Langer in the back door of the pub for his birthday celebration.

Cormac Pearson

Cash demandsLeaders’ plan to create 50,000 jobs

Leaders have descended on Brisbane to demand cash from Labor and the LNP for a slew of major projects in their regional town, which they say would create tens of thousands of jobs and pull Queensland out of its COVID slump. PROJECTS LIST

Jessica Marszalek

COVID restrictionsBorder ‘bloodbath’: Qld tradies lose out to NSW competitors

Troubles are flaring within the Queensland-NSW border bubble as the construction industry warns of an employment “bloodbath” if changes aren’t made. It comes as Queensland builders are forced to consider extreme measures to get paid.

Matthew Killoran, Domanii Cameron, Greg Stolz