Rebecca Hyam

Queensland police are investigating a crash in Brisbane's Legacy Way tunnel that has killed two people and left another in a critical condition. 

Trains are delayed in Brisbane after a man fell out of his wheelchair and onto tracks at Toombul station this afternoon.

In Queensland last year, fuel prices jumped 13.9 per cent and gas and other household fuels surged 12.9 per cent.

Brisbane house values rose 4.2 per cent over the three months to the end of July, making it tied with Adelaide for the greatest growth that month.

Queensland Police hope an emotional appeal from the family of murdered Gold Coast father-of-two Matthew Berry will lead to some vital information about his death.

The 21-year-old and 59-year-old were swimming with a group of people at Crystal Cascades.

The 24-year-old was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane after being thrown from Stella’s Turn in the home straight in race three at Grafton in northern New South Wales on Sunday.

Temperatures are set to plunge across southern Queensland this week, with Tuesday expected to be very gusty in the state's south-east.

More than 20,000 fines have been handed out in Queensland for illegal mobile phone use in cars and failure to wear seatbelts in November and December last year, with the Transport Minister vowing to roll out even more secret cameras.

In a blow for holiday-makers across south-east Queensland, the majority of beaches on the Gold and Sunshine coasts are expected to remain closed because of hazardous conditions brought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth.