Alexandra Blucher

There's pressure on the government to fund and build more social and affordable housing, with one insider describing the shortage as "extremely severe".

Everything is bigger in Texas, even bird flu amongst cattle. But while there are concerns for Australian dairy farmers, they say things are in a state of alert rather than alarm.

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Laura Tingle.

7.30 has obtained footage showing police beating an Indigenous youth repeatedly with a baton in a watch house, sparking allegations of excessive use of force.

A leading neuropsychiatrist says there was a potential “systemic failure” by Queensland authorities when it came to treating and communicating about Joel Cauchi.

The mayor of one of Australia’s biggest councils is calling for an overhaul of Queensland’s political donation laws after raising concerns about his potential successor’s political donations.

ABC Investigations reporter Alexandra Blucher gained unprecedented access to forensic patients and their families to produce the Four Corners program, Trapped, but she had to overcome huge legal and editorial challenges.

Peter Jackson is pursuing legal action, seeking damages for personal injuries he says stem from the deaths of his daughters.

The report found the child safety department did not put enough safeguards in place, overlooked “clear red flags” before their deaths, and there was a lack of information-sharing across agencies.

Queensland’s opposition demands the state government release the full investigation report examining its handling of the child safety case involving two toddlers who died in a hot car.

A former caseworker says that systemic problems within Queensland’s Child Safety unit may have prevented her from saving Darcey and Chloe.

Before Darcey and Chloe Conley died inside a hot car, authorities prematurely closed their file on the children and failed to heed later warnings that the toddlers were at risk, an ABC investigation reveals.

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni raises questions about who approved a delay in releasing national energy prices until after the May election.

Carmelita deposited $6,000 for an online trading platform into an Australian bank account and watched it grow to nearly $100,000. Then the company’s website disappeared.

Opening hundreds, or even thousands, of companies is perfectly legal. But what happens if those companies are used in arms deals or by criminal syndicates?

Queensland child safety officers say they cannot keep up with the “untenable” workload, with figures showing 58 children already known to the department died in one year.

In the 2000s, Australia was a world leader in pandemic planning, running comprehensive outbreak simulations. But a few things happened in the 2010s which meant these exercises went on the backburner.

The Queensland corruption watchdog orders an investigation into two Workplace Health and Safety officials accused of misusing their “authority and powers” to help CFMEU officials gain access to a worksite.

Residents should beware as contaminated water from a mothballed mine in Queensland’s far north is leaking into neighbouring waterways after recent heavy rainfall, the State Government says.

Police won’t say why Carol Stewart, who is a former police officer, had the ticket for running a stop sign torn up after appealing to the officer in charge of the local station.