Lydia Lynch

Queensland has unveiled a new regime to manage interstate outbreaks, in a step back from the total border shutdowns that devastated businesses and led to travel chaos.

The sister of murder victim Allison Baden-Clay is for calling a national overhaul of the criminal justice system.

Anger is growing about a rise in domestic violence order breaches in Queensland after a Gold Coast mother of three was found dead in her backyard.

Asked if the historic Brisbane stadium would be “essentially demolished”, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk said it would “and there will not be a bad seat”.

Queensland LNP party officials will meet on Monday night to decide whether to let Mr Laming fight for his seat, hours after he fronts the party’s vetting committee.

Vacant land north of Brisbane will be developed into a district about the size of Bundaberg as part of a planning experiment by the state government.

A Queensland MP speaks during a consent debate about being raped by a friend, saying schoolboys need to be better educated about sex.

Changes to the criminal code set to pass Queensland Parliament on Wednesday will tweak consent laws ahead of a more comprehensive review.

Homes have been evacuated and more than a dozen Queensland schools have been closed on as “extreme weather” continues to lash the south-east on Tuesday.

David Crisafulli’s pledge came hours after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he was “very open” to the idea of quotas in the Liberal Party.

Maura Bannister administered an unprescribed dose of morphine to an elderly family friend who was receiving palliative care at home after a fall.

Queensland removed abortion from the criminal code in 2018.

The prison being built at Gatton in the Lockyer Valley was commissioned to tackle overcrowding crisis in the state’s prisons.

The LNP says perpetrators are breaching domestic violence orders with “no consequences”.

A Gold Coast nurse who treats COVID-19 positive patients is the first person to be vaccinated on Queensland soil.

Two swimmers have been rushed to hospital after almost drowning at 2.30pm on Saturday following the deaths of three other swimmers in the past two days.

The State Disaster Co-ordinator had a “whoa” moment when directed to close the borders of one of Australia’s biggest states, but the toughest day of his career was almost a decade earlier.

A land, air and water search is under way for New Zealander Tane Huffman, who failed to return from his swim on Saturday.

Queensland has had a number of close calls throughout the pandemic but has so far avoided any widespread community transmission.

Australians returning from overseas could be allowed to swim and walk around in the fresh air at an alternative quarantine site under consideration.