A new investigation will be held into the safety of high-risk combat sports in Queensland following the deaths of two young boxers in recent years, the state's Sports Minister says.
Luke Rogers says hurtling toward the ground at speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour is the ultimate adrenaline rush, and he hopes his skill will soon make him an Australian champion.
Emergency services say people could have been seriously injured when a car almost plunged off a multi-level carpark at Brisbane's Mater Hospital on Friday.
A day after builder Claudio D'Alessandro was given approval to resume work for non-payment of debts, his licence is suspended again after the Public Works Minister intervenes.
A landspout and a "dust devil" are observed in separate weather events at Brisbane Airport, with reports the landspout brought down trees and damaged cars, while the dust devil caused no damage.
An Iranian asylum seeker will be allowed to remain in Australia for another three months on a temporary visa, but still remains "in limbo" once it expires.
Queenslanders have a civic duty to support farmers struggling with the outbreak of the white spot prawn disease, the state's Fisheries Minister says, insisting there are no human health risks.
A group in Brisbane is turning food thrown out by supermarkets into home-cooked meals which they serve to the lonely, isolated and some who are just plain hungry.
An explosion in the number of high-rise apartments across our capital cities is dramatically driving up student enrolments, resulting in "jam-packed" public schools.
An image of a curious bush stone-curlew caught up in its own reflection at a Brisbane university campus this week goes viral. But is this behaviour normal?
The parents of a Logan toddler charged with murdering their 22-month-old son back in 2007 are remanded in custody following a court appearance this morning.
Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission retrieves emails from the personal account of Energy Minister Mark Bailey, who deleted the Yahoo address after claims he was using it to talk to union officials.
Both sides of state politics join the Queensland Resources Council to dismiss the Chappell brothers' objections to Adani's planned Carmichael coal mine.
Two men who allegedly removed a sword from a large cross and reshaped it into a garden hoe at a Toowong memorial say they were "repairing" the monument, because the sword was a symbol of violence.
White spot disease found in Queensland prawns is highly contagious, lethal to crustaceans and has reduced prawn farm productivity by up to 40 per cent overseas.
Michael Benson painstakingly creates a series of photographs showing off our solar system's far-flung spectacles for a new exhibition at the Queensland Museum.
