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‘Obviously, you don’t have kids’: Father of killed boy berates court staff

While giving evidence at a coronial inquest, the man erupted several times, yelling “stop asking me stupid … questions”.

  • Cloe Read

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Hallie, 2, died on Thursday.

Sisters die days after being pulled from massive house fire

The girls’ mother is a nurse who worked at the hospital where the children were treated this week.

  • Julius Dennis
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 The PSPA has since been revoked.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
The burnt remains of a fire sparked by an e-scooter battery.

‘It was just screaming’: Battery fires more than double in three years

There were more than 200 fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries in Queensland in the first 11 months of 2025.

  • Julius Dennis
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
A charity building in Brisbane’s south-west has been destroyed in a fire.

Man’s body found in burnt-out charity building

Hundreds of Christmas hampers were destroyed when fire ripped through the charity building in Brisbane’s south-west.

  • Dominique Tassell
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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
Jordana Johnson, 36, centre, with her 12-year-old son Jordan Norris and his friend Chazz Mather, also 12.

Woman charged with murder over fire that killed three

The woman – who was staying at the house and questioned on the day – will front court from bed.

  • William Davis
Gladstone fire victims: Jordana Johnson, 36, her 12-year-old son Jordan Norris and his friend Chazz Mather, also 12.

Families of house fire victims speak out, ‘overwhelmed with grief’

“Our lives, and all those that loved and knew Jordana, Jordan and Chazz are forever changed.”

  • Laine Clark
The house was completely on fire when emergency services arrived.

Woman, two boys killed in Queensland house fire, police declare crime scene

The top storey of the home collapsed, hampering firefighters’ attempts to search the house before the blaze was extinguished and the bodies found.

  • Julius Dennis