A Queensland jury has retired to consider its verdicts for three men accused of raping a teenager with a bottle at an Australia Day party.

Police, CASA and ASIO have been alerted after a person was discovered flying a drone over a power station in central Queensland.

A former National Rugby League player has been charged with inappropriately touching a female employee at a licensed premises in Brisbane.

A former National Rugby League player has been charged with inappropriately touching a female employee at a licensed premises in Brisbane.

Queensland Labor government MP Mark Bailey couldn't attend his estimates hearings on Thursday after being stood aside, so tweeted through them instead.

Traditional owners and prisoner services in Queensland are urging the state government to support community-based programs to reduce indigenous incarceration.

Claims Queensland principals are cracking down on students 'evangelising' has the state government denying any change to schools' religious instruction policy.

Electric car owners will soon be able to drive from the Gold Coast to Cairns, with the Queensland government setting up a series of charging stations.

A Queensland mother accused of trying to kill her infant daughter says she gave a false statement to police in a bid to spare her family a criminal prosecution.

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison refuses to pledge funds for Queensland's Cross River Rail after Infrastructure Australia's critical assessment of the project.

A Queensland Opposition MP has been pulled up during budget estimates hearings for claiming flooding south of Brisbane due to Cyclone Debbie was "irrelevant."

A possum has stopped trains across the southeast Queensland train network after causing a power line fault at Roma Street station.

The body of a man believed to be missing central Queensland resident Leslie Schulze may have been submerged in a car for more than a month.

A former Queensland police officer accused of misappropriating money while he worked at a regional station has been granted bail.

Brisbane City Council bus drivers will refuse fares as part on ongoing industrial action against their employer.

The mother of Tiahleigh Palmer is upset with a jail sentence given to the slain schoolgirl's foster brother for lying during a murder investigation.

Slain Brisbane schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer's foster brother Josh Thorburn has been jailed for lying during the investigation into her alleged murder.

A grandfather who saved for decades to buy his dream car had it stolen during a violent carjacking in Queensland.