Queensland

A woman driver who was charged while disqualified has been acquitted after a magistrate recognised she was fleeing domestic violence. 

The mum of Pheobe Bishop has spoken out as Queensland police charge two housemates with murder, in relation to the missing 17-year-old.

Coercive control laws have come into effect in Queensland. What difference will it make to victim-survivors of domsetic violence?

The use of good character references for accused rapists will soon be restricted in Queensland under new reforms that aim to better support victims of sexual crimes. 

The cyclone is predicted to become one of the most significant weather events in Australia’s recent history.

Councillor Ann-Maree Greaney has been elected to lead the Townsville local government area, after months of political instability in the north Queensland regional city.

The family of Courtney Paige Anderson, who died in April in suspicious circumstances, is imploring the Queensland government to conduct a thorough investigation into her death.

Despite being decriminalised six years ago, the topic of abortion was a key point of debate in the Queensland election.

Almost sixty years ago, Merle Thornton AM chained herself to the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane. She, alongside fellow feminist activist Rosalie Bogner, were demanding the ban on women drinking in pubs be abolished.

Palestinian-Australian Remah Naji has been announced as the Greens candidate for the Queensland federal seat of Moreton.

Another woman’s life has been taken allegedly at the hands of male violence, after police discovered the body of a 28-year-old woman in a Queensland suburb this morning.

Rachel Vagg has been appointed Queensland’s first female Auditor-General following an international search.