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Two Chinese tourists were killed after their car was inundated near Kilkivan, about 230 kilometres north of Brisbane.

Tourists found dead in flooded car might have driven off bridge: police

The pair were headed for a fruit picking job in Central Queensland on Tuesday when they lost contact with friends in Brisbane.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis

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Domestic travel remains a major trend, with a number of great festivals within a driving distance of Brisbane.

Your guide to this year’s best festivals within driving distance of Brisbane

From a million blooming sunflowers to medieval jousting and the state’s biggest motorsport festival, south-east Queensland is set for a massive year of unique regional events.

  • Dominique Tassell
Chatsworth Park, near Gympie, where the baby died.

Father denied bail amid claims baby ‘thrown in’ water

A father charged over his infant son’s drowning has been denied bail after a court heard claims he threw the baby in a campsite’s lake.

  • Rex Martinich
Chatsworth Park, near Gympie, where the baby died.

Man charged over baby’s campsite death to seek bail

A 42-year-old accused of manslaughter over a seven-month-old boy’s drowning intends to apply for bail on Thursday, a court has heard.

  • Rex Martinich
A baby boy was found unresponsive in a lake in Chatsworth Park in Gympie on Saturday morning.

‘Absolute tragedy’: Police offer support after baby’s campsite death

As the investigation into the boy’s death continues, the state’s acting top cop has offered support to family and staff involved.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A baby boy was found unresponsive in a lake in Chatsworth Park on Saturday morning.

Baby boy found lifeless in lake 50 metres from where family camped

The baby boy, whose death is under police investigation, was pulled from the water by his mother on Saturday.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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Convicted murderer Alex Robert Smart.

Man murdered with knife to the heart after car park argument

A Brisbane Supreme Court jury found Alex Robert Smart, 29, guilty of murder after an eight-day trial.

  • Toby Crockford
Thargomindah on Thursday evening.

Dust storm paints the town red in south-west Queensland

The dust cloud was associated with storm activity that created a severe 93km/h wind gust at Thargomindah.

  • Toby Crockford
Bruce Saunders, 54, died on November 12 at a rural property near Gympie after falling into a woodchipper. Police have now launched a murder investigation.

Police bug heard accused woodchipper killers discuss getting ‘stories straight’

Bruce Saunders, 54, died in November 2017 after falling into a woodchipper. Three people were charged with murder.

  • Toby Crockford
The man was deported after he allegedly organised an illegal rave on New Year's Eve in Queensland

French man deported after organising illegal New Year's Eve rave in Queensland

The 29-year-old man was deported on Tuesday after local police officers found the illegal rave.

  • Toby Crockford