The friend of 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy Tyrone Unsworth, who took his own life last month, says a day before his death he broke down and told her "the kids at school keep telling me to go kill myself".
With approval granted for a permanent rail line and a temporary construction camp, Adani's much-touted and often doubted Carmichael coal mine project in central Queensland takes a big step closer to reality.
An American artist builds a two-storey creative play space made up of 56,000 metres of packing tape inside a south-east Queensland gallery in the hopes of attracting thousands of visitors over the summer holidays.
Two homes in south-east Queensland were destroyed by fire during yesterday's super cell storms, which also overturned caravans and saw a teenager struck by lightning.
An unusual grouping of Christians, Muslims, doctors and award-winning laundromat operators are turning a car park by a busy roadside at Logan into a one-stop shop for those experiencing difficult lives.
Claims that controversial Queensland MP Billy Gordon is not paying child support and misled Parliament are being investigated by the Speaker, however the member for Cook maintains he is meeting obligations.
A teenager is struck by lightning during dangerous thunderstorms as several super cells move into Queensland's south-east from New South Wales, leaving thousands without power and ripping roofs off houses.
Temperatures will remain above 40 degrees Celsius in parts of central and southern Queensland until at least Wednesday next week, the Bureau of Meterology warns.
The Palaszczuk Government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth today formalising their collaboration on Brisbane's Cross River Rail.
As Queenslanders battle through the state's first heatwave of the summer, scientists map the hottest Brisbane suburbs where people are most likely to experience heat-related illnesses.
The Queensland Government announces an overhaul of the state's Gasfields Commission and will appoint an independent ombudsman to resolve disputes between farmers and resource companies.