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One person is dead and at least two others are fighting for life after a bus rollover in north Queensland injured about 20 people.

One person killed in bus rollover on Bruce Highway

The same stretch of road was the site of a fatal Greyhound bus crash in 2024 that killed three women and critically injured two young men. 

  • William Davis and Courtney Kruk

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Police launched a search for Mackay local Wayne Pedro Morseu last year.

Murder charges laid in search for missing Queensland man

Police arrested a 46-year-old woman who lived with the 71-year-old Mackay local.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Mackay MP Nigel Dalton.

‘This is my time to redeem myself’: Rebel Liberal-National MP hopes to reignite abortion debate

The Mackay MP said he was motivated to break party ranks because he was uncomfortable to have initially supported the gag in 2024.

  • James Hall
Raj Sharma with his wife and daughter.

After Cyclone Yasi, Raj was left with $17. This is his message to Alfred’s victims

Left with next to nothing after another cyclone, a business owner has advice for others assessing Alfred’s impact.

  • Nick Wright
On Friday night, Tropic Cyclone Alfred was a category 3 system travelling south off the Queensland coast.

Damaging surf and high tides as cyclone spirals closer

Powerful waves could cause floods and coastal erosion as a tropical cyclone narrows on Queensland’s coast, but the category 3 system is unlikely to reach the mainland.

  • Savannah Meacham and Adrian Black
The ADF deploys a heavy-lift Chinook helicopter to bring supplies to the residents of Halifax.

Airport closes as flood-hit region braces for more rain

An airport has closed as a flood-hit region braces for more heavy rainfall, with severe weather and a possible cyclone on the horizon.

  • Savannah Meacham
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Medical crews left the bandage applied by on-scene bystanders to the 57-year-old woman’s shark attack wounds, although she was expected to have received stitches in hospital.

‘Hats off to the first-aiders’: Woman endures marathon rescue after shark attack off Qld coast

The 57-year-old was snorkelling 200km out from Mackay when she was bitten on the calf. Thankfully, those around her knew what to do.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Queensland Premier Steven Miles drinks a beer at the Barrier Reef Hotel in Cairns, as part of a Politics In The Pub campaign event.

‘Stakes are really high’: Premier’s tropical tour as campaign heats up

As Labor leader Steven Miles kept busy, his LNP challenger, David Crisafulli, warned of “aggression in politics” and announced another crime policy.

  • Cameron Atfield
“We’ve put all of it into this one initiative,” Premier Steven Miles said of the rebates in relation to much-touted help coming in the state budget.

‘Simpler ways’: Labor’s public power retailer pitch sparks debate

Queensland Labor has pledged to set up a new retailer to help drive down bills across the state if re-elected later this month, but not everyone is sold.

  • Matt Dennien and Cameron Atfield
The Reef Marina at Port Douglas

‘More bang for your buck’: Where you can tree change for $618,000

“Your typical buyer there can sell their house, come down here and buy something probably nicer and still have $1 million in their pockets to play with.”

  • Jim Malo