The lawyer for former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lodged court documents asking for a permanent stay of proceedings in relation to two counts of rape alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba.

A crash on what police say is a "problematic" section of the New England Highway has sparked calls for safety improvements.

A plane crash that killed three people in outback Queensland was "entirely preventable" and was caused by a well-known, long-standing defect which operators failed to report, a transport safety investigation has found.

Queensland's LNP government has handed down its first budget. Here's who has come out on top and what's been overlooked.

A mobile outage has affected Dalby, leaving many businesses and locals unable to access the internet, EFTPOS or make calls. The Telco warns customers could be affected for up to two weeks.

South-east Queensland residents can expect a reprieve from the wet and wintry weather later this week, before conditions pick up again ahead of the official start of the school holidays.

The federal government revises the feedlot industry's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions after adopting a new equation to calculate methane from grain-fed cattle burps.