A Sunshine Coast student is flown to hospital with a traumatic injury after being hit in the eye by a javelin while carrying it off an oval.
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Woman wins 'landmark' court bid to have baby with dead partner's sperm
Described as a historic case, the Supreme Court in Brisbane grants a Toowoomba woman the right to use her dead boyfriend’s sperm to have a baby, after he took his own life in 2016.
'Giant water battery' gets conditional approval for $500m loan
A solar farm in far north Queensland receives conditional approval for a $500 million loan to build and integrate a pumped hydro storage facility to provide “reliable energy” to the country at peak demand.
As BOM declares a 50 per cent chance of El Nino this spring, should we be worried?
Autumn was warm and dry, winter is shaping up much the same, and now there’s twice the normal likelihood that we’ll get an El Nino in spring. Should we be worried?
Dreamworld ride operator felt 'pressured' not to talk to police after tragedy: inquiry
A junior ride operator at Dreamworld tells an inquest she was instructed by a senior manager not to speak to police after the Thunder River Rapids Ride incident, in which four people were killed.
The plastic bag ban starts today in some Qld stores — here's what you need to know
Supermarket giant Woolworths is banning single-use plastic bags from today ahead of a statewide ban taking effect next month. The bags take years to break down, and many end up in the environment polluting oceans, rivers and beaches.
Helicopter crash survivor to be reunited with bag after it washed up on far-flung beach months later
An American tourist who survived a helicopter crash in the Whitsundays, which killed her mother and stepfather, will be reunited with her bag after it was found by a couple three months later.
Inside Australia’s ‘powder keg’ private prison
Secret reports and insider accounts from prison officers and former inmates reveal Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is overcrowded, increasingly violent and unsafe — even for the staff.
$1b resort-style island development gets Qld Minister's nod despite council rejection
The Queensland Planning Minister overturns a central Queensland council’s decision to reject an island development off Gladstone, even though the council says it’s too big and not needed.
$1b resort-style island development gets Qld Minister's nod despite council rejection
The state’s Planning Minister overturns a central Queensland council’s decision to reject an island development off Gladstone, even though the council says it’s too big and not needed.