Mikaela Mulveney

Vulnerable children are being taken from their families and placed into state care by child safety officers who are flouting the law, an inquiry has heard.

The union representing hundreds of frontline child safety officers say the Department of Child Safety was warned multiple times throughout the year surrounding issues with the Unify IT system.

Queensland’s Night Life Economy Commissioner and legendary Powderfinger bassist John “J.C.” Collins has flagged concerns cowboy cabbies flouting laws could deter people from going out in Brisbane.

Complaints against suspected predators should be in a national database accessible to child protection authorities to help expose abusers hiding in plain sight, a report has found.

A Chelmer couple have been left in a nightmare limbo after sinking more than $140,000 to repair their flood-ravaged home but seeing close to zero progress in more than a year.

Queenslanders working for government-owned corporations are striking wage deals more than 50 per cent higher than the state’s frontline workforce.

Queensland teachers are being exposed to violence and aggression from students in state schools every four minutes, as unions warn it is the worst it’s ever been in classrooms.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred will turn towards South East Queensland with landfall as a category 2 system expected about 7am Friday.

Temporary CCTV cameras have been installed at a popular Brisbane park following six months of campaigning from a local mum who thought her son was about to be abducted.

Large hail, damaging winds: Wild weather forecast for southeast Qld

The Federal Government will provide $15.8 million in funding to support 11 groundbreaking research projects to improve health and medical outcomes for Australian families, with seven of the projects based in Queensland.

Queensland is punching above its weight in the Paris Olympics, its eight gold medals outstripping those of many entire countries.

A southside Brisbane fruit and vegetable market has become the hottest ticket in town for groceries, with bargains ranging from 9c Hass avocados and 79c kale to 49c passionfruit.

Two men killed in a light plane crash on the Scenic Rim on Sunday have been identified, the pair revealed as “experienced pilots”.

Dashcam footage has captured the moment a motorcyclist crashes and falls headfirst on the Gold Coast Motorway on Thursday.