Chloe Chomicki

The LNP's plan to mandate education within youth detention if elected has been met with doubt as the sector continues to struggle through staff shortages.

Queensland's new premier David Crisafulli will decide the future of Townsville Mayor Troy Thompson, who in the dying hours of the Miles-Labor

North Queensland police have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a woman in Townsville.

A man filmed clinging to the back of a moving garbage truck as police officers chased him across Townsville has been remanded in custody.

Queensland Police are searching for the family of a young boy found wandering alone in the CBD of Townsville in the state's north.

The man and woman, both in their 60s, were found dead 2.5 kilometres from their parked vehicle.

The 5-metre-long crocodiles, Krakatoa and Boss Hog, are being billed as the largest in captivity in Queensland after the death of colossal 5.48m Cassius this month.

Detectives have set up a command centre in Townsville as they ramp up investigations into the suspected murder of a 47-year-old woman at her home in North Queensland.

Townsville City Council paid $4.3 million in termination benefits in the 2023-2024 financial year as ratepayers were slugged with a rate rise.

A North Queensland woman says she is "traumatised" after being forced to wait four hours for an island medical evacuation when the region's rescue helicopter was unavailable.