Alex Brewster

Inquiry chair Joshua Creamer says it is about unity while the LNP leader says he will stop it because he does not want a repeat of the "division" of last year's Voice referendum.

Queensland's new LNP government has accused the former Labor administration of lying to the community about the cost and viability of a huge pumped hydro scheme which it has branded a "con job" and a "hoax".

The mother of a building worker killed on the job has spoken out against the Queensland government at a protest outside Parliament House in Brisbane.

Abortion laws will be protected for this parliamentary term, with the Queensland government accusing the opposition of a "US-style scare campaign".

Brisbane Broncos star Ezra Mam has been fined and disqualified from driving after a head-on crash while on a "cocktail" of drugs, including cocaine.

It's a sweaty Brisbane Monday and Please Don't Go by KC and the Sunshine Band is playing in the largely empty gaming floor of the Queen's Wharf Casino.

Premier David Crisafulli says there will be further changes to youth justice laws in the face of community outrage over a stabbing west of Brisbane on Monday.

The review will use childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith as a case study to review system responses to child sexual abuse.

New reporting frameworks to improve how institutions handle child sexual abuse complaints must be implemented "at haste", according to Queensland's peak body for child and family services.

Queensland's budget will plunge deeper into the red, with surpluses previously forecast by the former Labor government eroded into deep deficits.