Jessica Lamb

The worst sewage spill in Queensland history was caused by corrosion and a local government’s over-reliance on the public and another council to detect leaks, an independent investigation has found.

Australia will field the fourth-largest skateboard team heading to Paris behind the US, Brazil and Japan — while also including the youngest Olympian on the Australian team.

The manufacture, supply and installation of this common kitchen benchtop material is outlawed from this week on. For silicosis sufferers, it's a step forward all too late.

A family struggling to find housing to accommodate the needs of their terminally ill six-year-old daughter have been approved for a new home, around-the-clock care, and the loan of a wheelchair-accessible van from a couple they've never met.

A Queensland family say they are hamstrung by bureaucracy as they try to make the most of their time left with their six-year-old daughter in palliative care.

A 17-year-old boy charged over a "vile" social media post, that ranked female students at a Gold Coast high school, has agreed to attend a behaviour-change program.

Four people, including two children and a police officer, are taken to hospital after a ute hits a parked police car on the southbound side of the M1 motorway on the Gold Coast.

The house next to Mark Rayner's unit complex had its roof pressure-washed — it sent asbestos dust into the air and now Mark and other affected tenants are living in hotel rooms.

At least 350 million litres of raw sewage spilled into a river before it was detected by Gold Coast City Council, with the spill being investigated by the state government.

The former Coalition cabinet minister believes "constant criticism and negativity" directed at those in political roles put women off agreeing to run for preselection in her long-held Gold Coast seat.

Following a sustained campaign to return Molly to a family and their dogs, Queensland Premier Steven Miles threw his support behind reuniting them. But he denies bowing to social media pressure to intervene in the case.

Organisers of the touring Pandemonium Rocks music festival are refusing full refunds to ticket holders after major changes to the event, despite stipulations in Australian Consumer Law.

Three Aussie women are fighting for their dream of a boxing world title this year and all their journeys can be traced back to a converted backyard shed on the Gold Coast.

A week after the Queensland premier weighed in on Molly the magpie's case, the Gold Coast couple who raised the bird are still hoping for a reunion.

Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden has failed in his bid to be re-elected to Gold Coast council in a tight three-way race.

Australia's youngest Olympic medal winner has held her title for 68 years. Now, Queensland skateboarding prodigies have their eyes set on breaking that record.

Three-time world surfing champion Mick Fanning says he is not sure what the world would have made of him were it not for his big brother.

Lifesavers say "if we can't see you, we can't save you" after a summer of worrying trends and almost 100 drownings, most outside patrolled beach areas or in remote locations. 

At 10, Emily Cosson was the only female at pinball competitions. Then she started beating the grown men. Now, she's part of a trend turning old-school cool again.

Every night this year, Brisbane residents have sweltered through evenings of 20 degrees Celsius or more. After 60 hot nights, a decades-old weather record has been broken.

Prominent Gold Coast surf life saver and former police officer Graeme John Maxwell Byrne, 74, will spend the next five months in prison after being found with images and videos in Interpol's most serious category of child exploitation material.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll became the first woman to head the Queensland Police Service in 2019 after rising to prominence as the operations commander for Australia's largest peacetime security operation.

A girl seriously injured in a car crash that resulted in the death of her sister in a family road trip to a Taylor Swift concert is in a critical but stable condition, her godmother says.

An investigation into Gold Coast mother Kelly Wilkinson's murder will be officially opened  to see if her death could have been prevented.

Candidates vying for a position in Queensland's local government next month will, for the first time, need to keep their personal campaign spending and donations under a cap.