Nicholas McElroy

Outside of the Rockhampton showgrounds, Bill Cameron has just cast his vote. He wishes it was his last for a while, but it's not.

Regional Queensland voters delivered the LNP to power, with a tough-on-crime mandate resonating loud and clear. With 11 of the 12 seats needed for the LNP to win decided in decentralised areas, the question now is what a new government will look like for those living outside the city.

Television reporter turned state political candidate Bianca Stone has conceded defeat in the tightly contested Gold Coast seat of Gaven.

Queensland's new premier wants to introduce laws to imprison children who commit "adult crimes" to "adult time" before Christmas. Here's how that could work.

A pill testing service will be available to Schoolies on the Gold Coast despite the government saying it "sends the wrong message" about drug use in the community.

Schoolies celebrations can be a first taste of independence for school-leavers and an anxious time for parents.

A man accused of trying and failing to rob a massage parlour with a gel blaster before returning with jerry cans filled with fuel and setting fire to the business has been denied bail.

Gold Coast property prices have outpaced every Australian capital city over the past five years.

One of the world's richest horse race meetings — the final day of the Gold Coast Magic Millions — is scheduled to run in six days but the venue is still up in the air.

Damage to a horseracing track that has put the Magic Millions' main race under a cloud may have been caused by poison early last week, police say.