Historic flooding in northwest Queensland has peaked but is likely to continue over coming days as emergency services prepare for recovery efforts after nearly 100 residents were evacuated.
Residents of a northwest Queensland town are reluctantly leaving their water-logged homes behind, while emergency services warn that power is being cut to Burketown due to the flood risks there.Â
Fourteen children have been rushed to hospital after eating an "unknown substance" which was reportedly in lollies handed out on a school bus in north Queensland.
The highest Queensland police honour available to civilians will be handed to the family of Alan Dare, who was killed in a religiously motivated attack.
Queensland parliament has heard tearful and heartfelt tributes for two police officers and a neighbour gunned down during a domestic terror attack in December.
Emergency warnings are in place across parts of Queensland as the state battles 50 bushfires, with some residents urged to flee their properties immediately.
