Conor Byrne

A forensic scientist says the DNA of two people — Toyah Cordingley and an unknown person — was found on the young woman's fingernail clippings.

Adrian Strooper lives in Australia's wettest major city, but he still thought it prudent to install a rainwater tank when he was renovating his home.

The Townsville woman had been employed at the Tully business for about six years and has been charged with about 120 fraud-related offences.

The family of a man shot up to six times by five police officers has asked for body-worn cameras to be made mandatory.

A Far North Queensland family support worker says negotiating with her insurance company months after her home was destroyed by a cyclone has worn her "down to literally nothing".

In short: A crocodile believed to be involved in a fatal attack on Saturday has been found and killed.

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into the roof of a Far North Queensland hotel has died.Up to 400 people were evacuated from the DoubleTree by Hilton on Cairns Esplanade after the crash, which set the top of the building alight, shortly before 2am today, police said.

Police have declared an emergency around the building on Cairns Esplanade and evacuated up to 400 people.

Queensland Health say a five-month-old boy from Cairns' northern beaches is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, after his parents called an ambulance on the weekend.

In short: What's next? Two police officers have been charged with deprivation of liberty and assault over an alleged incident involving a prisoner in a Far North Queensland watch house.