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The duo died after falling from a trail at Mount Beerwah.

Man dies in hospital days after falling from cliff

A 18-year-old girl died at the scene on Sunday, and another hiker has since succumbed to injuries in hospital.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis

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A road cut off by floodwaters.

More than 30 people rescued from bus stranded in floodwater

The rescue near Gladstone followed three overnight after drivers tried to cross floodwaters and failed.

  • Dominique Tassell
The charges against the firefighter (not pictured) were dropped, with the prosecution offering insufficient evidence.

‘My idiot dad tried to kill me’: Inquest hears disclosures from boy after fatal house fire

A Queensland boy who suffered extensive burns in a house fire that killed his brother later claimed his father had tried to kill them.

  • Cloe Read
The Queensland Governor’s crown and brolga emblem, with Queen Elizabeth II’s preferred Imperial State Crown on the left, and King Charles III’s preferred Tudor Crown on the right.

Queensland holds firm on Queen’s crown despite King’s preference

Queensland has no plans to update its traditional royal emblems, even as other states and the governor adopt the new King’s preferred crown.

  • Cameron Atfield
The family home of Imam Salik from Bald Hills mosque has been severely damaged in a fire.

Brisbane mosque leader’s family home damaged in fire

Police are investigating the cause of the blaze, which comes a month after a swastika and anti-Islam graffiti were painted on the imam’s Bald Hills mosque.

  • Dominique Tassell
The aftermath of a third fire at Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba.

Heritage-listed Woolloongabba hotel goes up in flames for third time

A crime scene has been declared after five fire crews battled the blaze at the site of a planned 34-storey tower development.

  • Dominique Tassell
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A blaze rips through sheds in a Mango Hill backyard on December 28, 2025.

Residents told to stay indoors as fire rips through north Brisbane backyard

Three sheds caught fire, blanketing the suburb in thick black smoke and prompting an emergency declaration. The PSPA has since been revoked.

  • Dominique Tassell
A person has died in a caravan fire west of Brisbane.

Person found dead in caravan fire near Brisbane

A fire engulfed the caravan and spread to a nearby building before emergency services could contain it.

  • Dominique Tassell
Three people have been assessed by paramedics outside a house fire in Redland Bay.

One person killed in house fire near Brisbane

Three people were assessed by paramedics outside a house fire that firefighters took hours to contain.

  • Dominique Tassell
Emergency services at the scene of house fire in Lawnton.

One dead, four fighting for life after early-morning blaze north of Brisbane

Two teenagers and two adults in their 30s suffered life-threatening injuries in the blaze, which also claimed a life. 

  • Julius Dennis