A New Zealander on trial over the death of a man after a roadside confrontation was minding his own business when a busy Queensland motorway “turned into a version of The Fast and The Furious”, a court has heard.
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Move to freeze Clive Palmer's assets worth $200 million
Liquidators are trying to freeze $200 million of Clive Palmer’s assets to recover millions in taxpayer funds used to pay out the former MP’s axed Queensland Nickel workers.
Beef family in mourning after helicopter crash
Air crash investigators have been sent to outback Queensland as a prominent family mourns the loss of a helicopter killed in a mustering accident.
One Nation's Qld branch broke electoral laws: report
One Nation’s Queensland branch has breached the state’s electoral laws by failing to keep proper records, the ABC reports.
The young Queenslanders most at risk of homelessness
Serious mental illness may increase young Queenslanders risk of homelessness, a new study has found.
Dumping fraud foiled by Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council puts a stop to residents trying to get free trips to the dump.
Religious instruction furore sparks Education Queensland review
Reports detailing reviews of religious instruction materials in Queensland schools will be updated after they sparked a furore.
UQ alert as student tests positive for meningococcal
Other students who had been in close contact with the 18-year-old girl were given antibiotics.
Queensland mother avoids jail for baby attack
A Queensland stay-at-home mother has escaped jail time after being convicted of assaulting her baby daughter by cutting off the infant’s air supply, despite a judge describing the act as “an attack on a defenceless victim”.
Same sex marriage should be taken to a plebiscite: Nicholls
Queensland’s LNP leader has backed a plebiscite to decide the issue of same sex marriage.