Rachael Merritt

An ambulance spokesman says the students reportedly ingested an unknown substance from a bag, and paramedics arrived to find one of the teens vomiting.

The charges against the Ville Resort-Casino have been dropped at the beginning of what was expected to be a five-day hearing in Townsville.

Police say one of the girls seriously injured in the Garbutt crash could be left permanently disfigured.

Vinnies stores across Queensland have been swamped with unsaleable donations, which the charity says are causing "chaos" for busy volunteers.

The battery network harvests solar energy collected by rooftop panels during the day, and allows homes in the network to use the power at night.

Artist Peter Lawson has travelled the world selling his paintings, and says it all began with a stroke of inspiration from his great-uncle and famous Australian poet Henry Lawson.

Skipper Peter Webster has sailed the Sydney to Hobart three times, but this year he has dreamt up an idea that is "outside the box".

HMAS Matafele disappeared without a trace during a treacherous sea voyage in 1944, but a stroke of fortune meant a 19-year-old crewman missed the boat.

As the city is branded a "real-life version of Mad Max", two ambulances have been forced into evasive action, including one on an emergency call, raising concerns about the impact on crews and patients.

Dozens of extra officers have been deployed to the North Queensland city after a shocking spate of crimes, mostly committed by minors, that residents say have left them traumatised.

Patients are waiting longer in emergency departments and some surgeries have been cancelled at a public hospital where more than 100 staff have tested positive to COVID-19.

Two prisoners who walked out of a north Queensland prison have been arrested while a third remains on the run.

An elderly woman is found by police on the side of the road after two women she helped with a drink of water and a lift on a hot day stole her car in Townsville.

In Australia's largest garrison city a foreign defence official will become second-in-command of a combat brigade in a historic appointment.

North Queensland doctors say the number of patients seeking voluntary assisted dying consultations has been underestimated and they need more practitioners to meet demand.

Crime-affected businesses in Queensland's north consider no longer accepting cash in a bid to protect their workers. But some worry the financial impacts could be crippling.

A four-year-old girl was found strapped into a minibus seat outside a Townsville daycare centre after being left there for just over an hour.

Only about a dozen southern cassowaries are believed to be living in this north Queensland rainforest. Researchers are piecing together a theory about their movements.

Hayden Pullen, 55, was no stranger to speed when he took a joy-flight with an ex-military pilot and decided he didn't want to "fly straight ever again". These days the race track tends to be somewhere below him — but he hasn't forgotten the thrill of burning rubber.

A man allegedly involved in a child exploitation network in north Queensland has been granted bail after spending two years in pre-trial custody.

A North Queensland court has heard how police broke an alleged child exploitation network after a three-month investigation. 

Townsville University Hospital reviewed the cases of hundreds of children who were screened or given cochlear implants at its paediatric audiology department and found clinical standards had not been met in dozens of instances.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a 39-year-old man died in Townsville this morning.

A man on a return to prison warrant has been arrested after leading police on a major search across the city. 

A committal hearing in Townsville has heard two drivers were allegedly encouraging each other to go "faster and faster" in the lead-up to the 2021 death of aspiring police officer Jennifer Board.