Queensland

Adele's upcoming Brisbane performances are being dubbed "Queensland's biggest-ever stage shows" and preparations for the shows at The Gabba are in full swing, but the set-up is top secret.

The Federal Government says it will "not be very long" until it intervenes in a vitriolic sugar marketing dispute in Queensland if the parties involved cannot reach a solution.

Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich is not shying away from the magnitude of the Lions's AFLW clash against Adelaide.

Off a small street in Brisbane's southern suburbs, an industrial building holds more than 193 years of the city's history, exposing its past of bubonic plagues, wooden roads and local celebrities.

Energy Minister Mark Bailey says he will reactivate a private email account he controversially closed after revelations it was used for official business, and while the Opposition has referred him to the corruption watchdog, he says LNP MPs are doing the same.

The Queensland Liberal National Party is to hold an unprecedented meeting of its state and federal MPs this weekend to discuss ways of countering a resurgent One Nation.

A Queensland canine trainer urges dog owners to think twice before exercising their pets at off-leash areas.

Sugar entities Wilmar and Queensland Sugar Limited will not be forced into arbitration after the LNP fails to pass laws in State Parliament to mandate the move.

Energy and Water Supply Minister Mark Bailey is referred to Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission over a private email account that has the Opposition questioning if he acted corruptly.

A blame game erupts over who is at fault over the $4.4 billion project to deliver and maintain Queensland Rail's new trains, which have been found to have a plethora of design faults.

The Newman government slashed oversight of the controversial coal seam gas industry in Queensland despite warnings it would lead to serious non-compliance and to CSG companies "gambling" with safety, cabinet documents show.

Brisbane homeless program aims to reduces the demand on public services and save the community tens of thousands of dollars.

Biosecurity Queensland confirms a case of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in a commercially-grown greenhouse cucumber crop in Bundaberg.

A Gold Coast prawn farmer says he will turn his attention to far north Queensland to keep his business afloat after white spot disease wiped out his southern business.

A Brisbane father who has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his three-year-old girl locked her in a bedroom using rope while he slept in the day, and would slap her like an adult, his sentencing hearing is told.

With delivery of 75 new Queensland Rail trains now on hold, what will it mean for commuters who are already suffering from cuts to services from the ongoing driver shortage?

Personal cooking services are the latest in a series of business models allowing individuals to "opt-out" of basic household tasks.

A Queensland fisherman who was paid $210,000 to give up his net licence as part of a government buyback is exploiting a legal loophole to keep fishing.

The phrase "What are you giving up for Lent?" is common at this time of year but for Christians, the time leading up to Easter is about more than that.

Brisbane records its hottest summer, with February's average maximum temperature hitting 32.6 degrees Celsius, the Bureau of Meteorology says, but did not come close to those in the state's south and west where there were record stretches of hot weather.

Horse trainer and campdrafter Rick Hopkins competes at a campdraft in Clermont in 2016.

Stockmen and graziers are increasingly leaving their motorbikes in the shed and returning to horseback to muster their livestock, a Queensland horseman says.

More than 38,000 people were stung by bluebottles in Queensland this summer, but where did they call come from?

A man is extradited to New South Wales, where he is wanted for allegedly murdering his wife by driving their car into a river.

More than 8.6 million people hit the beach in Queensland over summer, a 13 per cent increase over the previous year.