Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has assured the government is well-prepared as people in the state's north face life-threatening flash flooding.

Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls on Wednesday announced the Australian state would halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for people under 18.

Trainees will be directly employed by the state government and will receive guaranteed income. Australia will launch a four-year trial in February to support up to 60 full-time equivalent general practitioner and rural generalist trainees in regional and rural Queensland.

"Baking heat" is set to spread into Australia's south-east this weekend, while north Queensland can expect intense rainfall.

Green food and garden organic bins — known as FOGO bins — have been heralded as the answer to diverting organic materials away from landfill, but experts say Queensland is falling behind on its goals.

Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, died at her family's home after six days without her prescribed insulin shots for type-1 diabetes.

A Brisbane man put his dinner on hold when he saw a bottle shop being robbed. Family of Lance Appleby have joined the fight for new shark safety measures on the SA coast weeks after the young surfer was taken by a great white near Streaky Bay.

Australia will examine whether or not to continue prescribing puberty blockers and hormone treatment to underage teenagers under a comprehensive review of treatment guidelines for trans and gender-diverse children.

Australia's Whitehaven Coal posted a 92.7% rise in its second-quarter production on Wednesday, helped by strong contributions from New South Wales mines and its recently acquired Queensland mines.

Sue and Lloyd Clarke have been honoured with the OAM for their relentless service to domestic violence support and welfare, after the murder of their daughter and grandchildren.

Large-scale solar farms across Australia generated a record 16.2 TWh of clean energy in 2024, delivering a near 7% increase on the previous year and taking the contribution from renewables to a new record high.

Northeast Queensland residents are warned to be prepared to evacuate as dangerous flooding, damaging winds and more than 380mm of rainfall indunated the region. A low-pressure system embedded within the monsoon trough is currently located off the coast near Tully and is causing severe rain and winds around the region.