
Teen shields mother in stabbing fatality
A 43-year-old man is charged with the murder of his wife and mother-in-law.

Dry outback Queensland towns flooded, roads cut
Heavy rain which fell over dry parts of northwest Queensland causing flooding is the most rainfall residents have seen since 2009.

PM prepares to unveil cabinet
A restless night awaits federal ministers as Malcolm Turnbull finalises his cabinet.

Psychiatrists to assess Cairns murder accused
Lawyer says murder accused mother is still coming to terms with what happened.

Cairns mourns children deaths at memorial
The Cairns community has mourned the loss of eight children as a mother is charged with eight counts of murder at a...

Questions over woman’s 17-day bush ordeal
Emergency crews spent 800 hours searching rugged bushland in north Queensland for a woman who stumbled out of the scrub after 17...

System failed ‘invisible’ girl
An eight-year-old girl was subjected to horrific abuse from her mother.

1949 cyclone survivor braces for Ita
More than 200 people are hunkered down in the Cooktown shelter in far north Queensland as Cyclone Ita moves towards the coast.
