Holly Richardson

Joanne Fourmile has been waiting for housing for eight years, raising children and undergoing breast cancer treatment while sleeping on a mattress on her cousin's living room floor.

Two police officers have been charged over an alleged incident involving a prisoner at the Mareeba watch house in the state's far north. 

Queensland Police say Jamilla Humphrey, 52, may have walked off from her car in remote bushland possibly looking for help after becoming bogged.

Police are calling for the driver of a vehicle to come forward after a 37-year-old woman was killed in an alleged hit-and-run on a Mossman road. 

A coronial inquest in Far North Queensland examining the disappearance of Markiah Major in 2023 has heard from friends and police, as well as family, who have described their heartache. 

Properties in Brisbane and far north Queensland have been searched following 120 charges of alleged financial misconduct spanning six years.

In the fight for the survival of Torres Strait’s islands climate change looms large, but has the Australian government failed to protect them? A judge will make a ruling after a landmark Federal Court case wrapped up this week.

First Nations activist Murrawah Johnson wins the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize after blocking a proposed coal mine on the basis of cultural erosion and human rights breaches. 

A 16-year-old boy went missing after his boat broke down in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.

Police have named the son of a missing woman and a convicted murderer as persons of interest as they announce a $500,000 reward for information into her cold case disappearance.