4WD carrying children slams into house
Marissa Calligeros 3:35pm Police are investigating why a four-wheel-drive rolled down a driveway before crashing into the garage of another house with two children and a baby inside on the Gold Coast this morning.
Smartcard planning not so smart: auditor
Daniel Hurst 3:14pm The rollout of new smartcard driver licences has been afflicted by poor planning, cost blowouts and project delays, the Queensland government's independent watchdog says.
Vodafone's Google curse
Sean Baumgart 1:50pm Vodafone may be working overtime to repair its battered image, but Google isn't letting the telco forget its darkest days, in which it lost nearly 100,000 customers a month.
'No link' in South Brisbane rapes
Marissa Calligeros 2:39pm The alleged sexual assault on a woman in South Brisbane this week was not related to a savage rape in the same area two months ago, police say.
Man feared gang rape when drunks stole his pants
Amelia Bentley 12:49pm A international student who was robbed of his pants feared he would be gang raped by a group of violent, drunken men on the Gold Coast, a court has heard.
Elderly woman sexually assaulted in home won't be cowed
12:42pm A great grandmother sexually assaulted as she slept in her Gold Coast home won't let her attacker change her life.
Bus hits two pedestrians west of Brisbane
12:42pm Two pedestrians have been hit by a bus in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, suffering serious injuries.
Brave Frodo returns to the wild
Marissa Calligeros 12:17pm Seven months after a baby koala was shot 15 times in an attack that killed its mother, the remarkable marsupial has returned to the wild.
Volcanic ash grounds flights in Brisbane
Marissa Calligeros 1:57pm Some domestic flights from Brisbane have now been grounded as a volcanic ash cloud from a Chilean volcano drifts across Australian airspace.
Rape charges against nurse dropped
Amelia Bentley 11:06am Charges have been dropped against an Irish nurse who was jailed over the rape of another woman at the Caxton Hotel in 2009.
Coroner probes Mackay suicide cluster
Bruce Mckean 9:46am How did four teenagers come to take their own life within two weeks?
Man made bank bomb threat so he wouldn't have to give ex money
Felicity Caldwell 8:09am A man called an Ipswich bank to warn a bomb would explode in 30 minutes because he did not want to give his wife money.
Motel accuses travelling nurse of being prostitute
Kathryn Greensill 8:09am An Emerald mother of three was shocked when a staff member of a Rockhampton motel suggested she was a prostitute.
M1 commuters suffer nightmare morning
Marissa Calligeros 9:59am Motorists on the M1 have been warned of extreme delays this morning.
Man critical after crashing car into power pole
Marissa Calligeros 6:39am A 54-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after crashing his car into a power pole.
Man stabbed in Brisbane's north
Marissa Calligeros 6:39am A man is in hospital after being stabbed multiple times in Brisbane’s north overnight.
Brisbane's cosy corners
Katherine Feeney 3:34pm The current cold snap of wintry weather means keeping cosy counts, especially when out and about.
Lib's refugee experience hasn't softened stance
Dan Nancarrow 4:28pm If SBS documentary series Go Back To Where You Came From was meant to soften Young Liberal Roderick Schneider's stance on stopping refugee boats reaching Australia it hasn't worked.
Ray who? Labor candidate fails face test
Dan Nancarrow 7:11am It's a good thing Ray Smith has almost a year to introduce himself to Brisbane voters.
Another sexual assault in South Brisbane
Dan Nancarrow 3:00am A 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in South Brisbane overnight, not far from where a savage rape shocked the West End community about two months ago.
Lawyer sets sights on CSG site
Tony Moore The public knows less about "mega mines" and large coal seam gas projects than simple housing projects in their suburb, according to a frustrated conservation lawyer.
Gay marriage a 'basic human right'
Daniel Hurst 3:00am Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has signalled she will personally champion the push to legalise same-sex marriage.
'Emo' jibe sparked fatal brawl: court
Amelia Bentley Jurors have been urged to place themselves in a melee that claimed one man's life and has put another on trial for manslaughter.
Government rejects northern economic zone
Dan Nancarrow 4:55pm A push for a low tax, low regulation economic zone to stretch across resource-rich north Australia has found widespread support from Queenslanders.
One dead in horror smash
Dan Nancarrow A man was been killed in a horror two vehicle crash on Steve Irwin Way, near Beerwah, this afternoon.
Sandgate MP takes on vacated Environment portfolio
Daniel Hurst She's the daughter of a pioneering politician and helped push for altruistic surrogacy in Queensland. Meet the Labor MP who will fill Environment Minister Kate Jones's place in the Bligh cabinet.
Drive the Airport Link, before it's completed
Tony Moore The company behind Brisbane's second toll tunnel hopes an online simulator will help alleviate confusion over entry and exit points on the under construction motorway.
Man jailed for glassing
Amelia Bentley A man guilty of a glassing attack at a popular Brisbane hotel will spend the next two years behind bars, with the sentencing judge saying the community expects tough punishments.
Light bulb pioneer to share stage with Branson and Giuliani
Tony Moore The businessman who encouraged homes and offices to replace old-fashioned lighting with energy-efficient bulbs will be a keynote speaker at Brisbane's Asia Pacific Cities Summit.
Jones rules out frontbench return
Daniel Hurst Outgoing Environment Minister Kate Jones has ruled out returning to the frontbench if she succeeds in her election battle against challenger Campbell Newman.
