An emergency situation has been declared on the Bruce Highway after a petrol tanker rolled and spilled 20,000 litres of fuel near the Queensland town of Childers.
Category: Updates from Brisbane Times – Queensland
Bus driver attacked in Brisbane's south after stopping alleged fare evaders
It will be alleged the driver was sworn at and assaulted after stopping a group of four men at the Carindale busway on Friday.
Alliance Airlines launches cheap Brisbane flights to regional Queensland
Alliance Airlines has expanded into the commercial passenger market, after becoming Australiasia’s leading contract and charter flight provider.
Cory Bernardi starts process to register Australian Conservatives in Queensland
Queensland looks likely to have another conservative force contesting the next state election.
Push for compensation to be available for men with expunged gay sex convictions
Men charged with historic gay offences like indecency should receive compensation, advocacy and legal groups have argued.
Prepping for Prep: Should children play or study to get set for Prep Year?
Parents should read more to their children at home and let them learn by playing, rather than enrolling them in businesses providing “prep for Prep Year”, two important-pre-school lobby groups say.
Brisbane bus drivers to strike over two days
The industrial action will cause headaches for an estimated 35,000 commuters and 5,000 schoolchildren.
Men charged after rare wildlife rescued in Queensland
Dozens of snakes, lizards, frogs and a spider have been rescued from a car in western Queensland and two men have been charged in a statewide police crackdown on the trade of protected animals.
'Running away from Fitzgerald': Former Queensland premier urges Vasta caution
Former Queensland premier Mike Ahern has warned overturning the sacking of Supreme Court Justice Angelo Vasta could send the message Parliament is rejecting the Fitzgerald agenda.
'YOR DEAD': Lucky escape for repeatedly targeted firebombed family
The firebombing of a graffiti-covered home south of Brisbane is just the latest in a series of escalating attacks on the large family living there.