The state’s police have the right to scan anyone in public with a metal detector, with Jack’s Law named after 17-year-old Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed in 2019. The powers were made permanent ...

A third report into Queensland’s embattled forensic lab reveals it is on the brink of collapse, with huge delays and thousands of cases needing retesting, leaving violent offenders still at large. The ...

The shocking data from Foodbank’s Hunger Report found 22 per cent of households (480,000) in the state were battling severe food insecurity. It was an alarming jump from the 19 per cent last year, ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest crime victim data showed 289,449 Queenslanders were victims of crime in 2024. The figure is only marginally lower than 2023, which marked a record high. The ...

It can also be revealed two in five parents — or 40.8 per cent — don’t know what steps to take if their child reports bullying, according to a survey of 500 parents by Life Education Queensland. It ...

A Queensland aged care provider is cutting Enrolled Nurses (ENs), blaming changes to federal funding and regulation. The nurses' union says 60 per cent of BlueCare's 130-strong EN workforce will be ...

Last night, A Current Affair brought in the numbers for Nine, detailing a Queensland mother who had been left disappointed after being rejected her choice of personalised number plates bearing her ...

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) clarified that work on the ward formation process for the upcoming municipal elections has begun at a preliminary level, with a review of census and population ...

The number of babies having to be hospitalised in Queensland with respiratory illness is down nearly 70 per cent since a new vaccine was introduced last year. One less infant, under the age of six ...

A dispute between a pair of pro athletes who both use the number 8 has been resolved, thanks to a change in font. Earnhardt and his team have raced before as No. 8; and in 2019, when the team got the ...