Tim Nicholls the dark horse who could decide LNP 'mess'
Amy Remeikis 8:39 AM Former Treasurer Tim Nicholls is shaping up as the unknown factor which could decide the LNP leadership spill, with senior LNP sources declaring Tim Mander doesn't yet have the numbers to win in a challenge against incumbent leader Lawrence Springborg – but agreeing it was time for change.
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Nicholls happy to forget Strong Choices
Amy Remeikis 11:45 AM Would-be LNP leader accepts voters don't want asset sales.
Murder accused interfered with body
11:12 AM But man denies killing man found two months after he vanished.
Cop rescued from rescue training
Jorge Branco 10:56 AM Chopper called to Glasshouse Mountains when training drill goes bad.
Animals know they're being spied on
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 10:33 AM Wild animals are becoming too clever for hidden cameras.
Taxi driver punched in face
8:49 AM Man and woman allegedly refused to pay fare and stole driver's phone.
Rosie Batty pushes 'roadmap' to end DV
8:32 AM Domestic violence campaigner calls for government support.
Ipswich man dies in house fire
Kim Stephens 8:04 AM Neighbours unable to get into house to save elderly man.
Woman charged with stabbing man, 64
7:56 AM Woman allegedly armed herself with two knives in attack.
Tim Nicholls challenges for LNP leadership
Amy Remeikis 7:44 AM Former Treasurer puts his hand up for the leadership.
Siblings fight for millions left by Qld cattle baron
Kim Stephens 7:02 AM The son of late multimillionaire claims siblings short-changed him with $60 million inheritance.
Iron Maiden tick all the pantomime boxes
Cameron Atfield 6:21 AM REVIEW: This band is why heavy metal caricatures exist.
Two paedophiles allowed to read to church
Jorge Branco 9:39 PM One of Brisbane's oldest Anglican churches welcomed molesters to perform bible readings.
Ute and school bus collide near Toowoomba
Nathanael Cooper 8:28 PM A man has died after being airlifted to hospital following a collision between a ute and a bus near Toowoomba.
Feds investigating millions in 'false claims' for disaster funding
Tony Moore 7:13 PM Queensland faces a one billion-dollar shortfall in its June 14 state budget because the federal government has delayed national disaster relief funding to Queensland due by June 30, state treasurer Curtis Pitt said.
Manta rays go for quantity over quality
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 4:02 AM Researchers say food, not sex, drives manta ray migrations.
Death Star Canteen misses May The Fourth opening
Jorge Branco 5:59 PM The Death Star Canteen will not be open today. The Emperor is greatly displeased.
Queensland Labor ministers welcome Clive Palmer's political demise
Cameron Atfield 4:08 PM Clive Palmer's frequent sparring partner in the Queensland government has welcomed the former mining magnate's apparent political swansong.
Police find bloodied woman in bushes
Nathanael Cooper 4:04 PM Two people are assisting police with their inquiries over an incident near the Gold Coast that saw a woman flee into the bushes near a retirement village covered in blood.
Fantasy drug seizures on the rise
Jorge Branco 4:02 PM Anti-bikie police have noted a worrying jump in seizures of the dangerous party drug fantasty.
Man charged with murder over shopping centre death
Jorge Branco 3:25 PM 25-year-old man due in court accused of 2012 killing.
Howard and Beazley agree over Brisbane breakfast
Tony Moore 3:08 PM Four-term Liberal prime minister and former Labor deputy leader found plenty to agree upon at post-budget breakfast.
Police minister rules out nude beaches
3:00 PM Queensland beachgoers wanting to ditch their bikinis and budgie smugglers for their birthday suits will have to go interstate.
Qld reality TV cop cleared of using excessive force
2:48 PM Judge says cop wasn't excessively rough in four arrests.
Cop charged with breaking maritime law
1:29 PM Officer allegedly operated ship unsafely while off-duty.
Burleigh awning death inquest begins
1:24 PM Awning fell on property developer outside Burleigh Heads shop.
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Cat's tail hacked off in broad daylight
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 1:05 PM Auchenflower family shocked by attack on family pet.
Highlights
Lockout laws: 'an historic day'
Last drinks will be at 2am in Queensland from July, and 3am in nightclub precincts like Fortitude Valley, but opponents say jobs will be lost and businesses will close. Nine News
Bus crash victim had big aspirations
The father of 19-year-old Casey Stinson, killed in a bus rollover on a Whitsundays road, says he planned to travel around Australia. Nine News
Butcher was in Cairns for bucks party
Longreach father-of-two Ryan Savage was in Cairns celebrating a bucks weekend when he was struck and killed by a car outside the police station early Monday morning. Nine News
Sex attack was 'horrendous'
Police are hunting a man who sexually assaulted a Gold Coast woman after breaking into her house through a bedroom window on Sunday morning. 7 News Queensland
Albino turtle hatchling a 'rare find'
Alby the albino turtle startles conservationists on a Sunshine Coast beach by appearing through the sand and scuttling into the water.
Church will lock doors to protect families
The Anglican Dean of Brisbane feels "so desperate" about the plight of asylum seekers facing deportation he is offering to protect them in the church and resist by closing the building.
Truck hero relives incredible rescue
Barefoot hero Athen Barnaby tells how he pulled a truck driver from an inferno on the M1, saying "I've got to get you out of here before this thing explodes". Nine News
Slippery slide goes viral
An Australia Day slippery slide on a Brisbane farm goes viral with two million views but it's not the first really long slide.
Samuel L Jackson's kangaroo encounter
Film star Samuel L Jackson videos a kangaroo while filming on the Gold Coast.
Deported father 'lost' in Chile
Brisbane father Ricardo Bolvaran says he has "thought about suicide" since being deported to Chile for his criminal history despite living in Australia since the age of one.
Police dog rescued from car
Police chasing a runaway driver in Gold Coast bushland on Saturday are forced to search for a valued police dog after he goes missing. Nine News
Ambo bashed by patient
A Gold Coast paramedic suffers up to 60 blows to the head in a "relentless" attack by a man he was treating. Nine News
Biker takes stupidity 'to a new level'
A motorbike rider is filmed by police taking selfies while breaking numerous road rules riding through Brisbane streets. Nine News
Car splits in two during pursuit
A car crashes into a bus and splits in two during a dramatic police pursuit west of Brisbane on Wednesday. Nine News
