Holly Richardson

An inquiry into Queensland's child safety system has heard the system is made up of a "labyrinth" of meetings and bureaucracy, as carers and former children call for change.

Boat ramp users could soon be alerted to nearby saltwater crocodiles by a state government-backed warning system using sonar and artificial intelligence technologies.

Don't be fooled by the turquoise waters and bubbling streams — swimmers who ignore warnings at this popular Queensland tourism site risk being pulled into deadly subterranean caverns.

Cape York man Thomas Byrnes has been committed to stand trial for the alleged murder of a 23-year-old Indigenous Kowanyama woman.

A 16-year-old boy accused of breaking into a Cairns home and raping a woman earlier this year has pleaded guilty to all the charges laid against him.

Queensland Police Service says it is testing the paraglider and motor the 63-year-old man was using when he crashed.

The child safety team responsible for a teenage boy who died while riding in a stolen car in Queensland did not speak to him in the six months before the incident, an inquest has been told.

Michael Graeme Rennie allegedly absconded from a Queensland correctional facility more than a month ago. Police say he is now back in custody.

After a wet start to the week rain is expected to ease in Queensland's north, but lower-than-average temperatures will continue throughout the state.

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having national historical significance.