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.
Cyclone Gabrielle has formed off the coast of Queensland with about 2200 people living on Norfolk Island battening down as the storm intensifies and barrels towards the Australian outpost.
A tropical cyclone will form off north Queensland in the next three days potentially impacting coastal areas hit by floods last month, but it's unlikely to make landfall at this stage.
Worried about the cost of his wife's IVF treatment, a Queensland man tried to stop her from attending a clinic by making a bomb threat during morning peak hour.
The daughter of people who killed two police officers in regional Queensland says officers sent to their property should have been told they mistrusted police.
The daughter of people involved in a deadly Queensland mass shooting has said her parents were gentle, with one hating guns and another a military enthusiast.
Four teenagers have been taken into custody after opening fire in a small town in southern Queensland near the site of the Wieambilla shooting in December.
