Jemima Burt

Queensland's forensics lab has reviewed less than two per cent of cases since inquiry

Families of four fallen Australian airmen will remember their lost loved ones at a special memorial west of Brisbane today, after billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest found their wreck south of Papua New Guinea.

It started with a train ride and ended in a murder. Now an ABC investigation reveals the failings that helped create one of Queensland's youngest killers.

Queensland's response to youth offending has once again been thrust into the spotlight, with an ABC investigation revealing the repeated institutional failures that helped create one of the state's youngest killers.

A youth group in Queensland is launching legal action against the state government for breaches of the human right act.

While a colourful television campaign promised families the Queensland government was "making kindy free" this year, the rollout of the program has resulted in widespread confusion and disappointed parents.

Police have searched bushland by helicopter following a fourth report of women being maliciously targeted on trails in Brisbane's western suburbs.

Indigenous children at a NAIDOC week event in Brisbane were observed being locked in the back of a police wagon.

The union's Victorian branch has been referred to the state's corruption watchdog after reports from Nine newspapers that alleged underworld figures and bikie gang members had infiltrated major construction projects.

Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has announced a review of the state's watch houses, to address "end-to-end systemic issues" within its 63 facilities.