Christopher Testa

In short: Gudju Gudju (Seith) Fourmile was a respected elder and traditional owner of Gimuy Walubara Yidindji country.

First Nations people in the Torres Strait and Cape York are dying of preventable diseases at more than twice the overall rate for Queensland, prompting calls to return to a healthcare model developed 30 years ago.

An investigation into a fatal helicopter crash in Far North Queensland has found the 23-year-old pilot was affected by alcohol when he crashed into a Cairns hotel.

The new owner of a coastal headland in Far North Queensland may have a fight on his hands to keep it, after Labor declared it would use its powers of compulsory acquisition to claim it if re-elected.

As Queenslanders prepare to go to the polls to decide the state's next parliament, parties are nervously eyeing the Far North to learn what surprises its voters may have in store.

Police are urgently scouring surveillance footage as they investigate a "horrific" rock-throwing incident on a tourist train that seriously injured a young boy.

A woman who tried to murder her mother by slashing her throat with a box cutter has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

A Liberal National Party candidate in Far North Queensland hopes voters forgive her for a Nazi-related social media gaffe but admits it may cost her votes in the state election.

Two more teenagers have been granted bail, accused of being involved in a rock throwing incident that left a five-year-old boy with a fractured skull.

A court has ordered a former Queensland state MP to pay more than $150,000 for defaming a local government executive whom he likened to a fictional intergalactic crime boss.