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A Gold Coast mother accused of killing her son with a poisoned fruit smoothie has walked free on bail after her murder trial was aborted due to fresh evidence.

Motorists are being warned they are at greater risk of hitting feral deer with rutting season now in full swing and a growing deer population.

Police allege the 47-year-old Maudsland woman withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds for her own personal gain from a legal trust account holding funds for beneficiaries over two years.

A "barefoot, gumboots kind of kindy" gives city kids a taste of country life.

From social media mockumentaries to Logan Martin's complex Egyptian jigsaw puzzle, returning Olympians fill their time as they grind through quarantine.  

A senior Queensland police officer tells a Gold Coast inquest — into a road death after a high-speed pursuit — that criminals deliberately drive dangerously because they know police will not chase them.

An Ethical Standards investigator tells the Queensland Coroners Court that police appeared to prioritise the arrest of the 18-year-old above all else.

Vacancy rates on the Gold Coast are below 1 per cent. Would you swap Burleigh for Pimpama to beat the "hectic" rental market?

A woman who says her daughter has been denied a wheelchair asks her local MP — who's also the Minister for the NDIS — to sit in on a meeting about the girl's needs.

Lack of training facilities prompts Olympic hopeful to build own BMX Freestyle park.

An ex-serviceman who was threatened with a 'green on blue' attack while mentoring soldiers in Afghanistan is finding a way to heal thanks to a Men's Shed on the Gold Coast.

A friend of Jonathan Crabtree, who was allegedly murdered by his mother, speaks of how his mate's dependency on prescription drugs began to consume his life, eventually resulting in him robbing a Gold Coast pharmacy at knifepoint.

Accused murderer Maree Crabtree, who is alleged to have forced prescription medications on her children causing two of them to die, would tell people her daughter had autism, an ex-girlfriend of her son Jonathan Crabtree says.

Police say a Gold Coast woman accused of murdering two of her children, believed to have had long-term impairments from prescription drugs, allegedly did so to gain an insurance payout of more than $500,000.

Queensland Police officers find homemade machine guns, a weapons factory and drug labs during raids on the Gold Coast.

The Agriculture Department concedes that Johnny Depp's illegally imported dogs were only discovered because of photos on social media.

Social media users spring to the defence of Johnny Depp's dogs, Boo and Pistol, who Barnaby Joyce has given 50 hours to leave Australia or face being put down.

The Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance says it is hopeful full production will resume shortly on the stalled Pirates of the Caribbean movie on the Gold Coast.

A man has died after a single vehicle crash in the Gold Coast hinterland last night.

A pregnant woman who was trapped by rising flood waters in the Gold Coast hinterland overnight has given birth to a baby boy.

Police say the Gold Coast escaped the worst of the heavy rain and flooding which affected parts of south-east Queensland overnight.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road accident in the Gold Coast hinterland to come forward.

A 20-year-old woman died overnight during a motorbike accident on the Gold Coast.

A 40-year-old man is due to appear in a Gold Coast court today charged with several drug-related offences.

Queensland police say a Taser has been used to subdue a 43-year-old man who had earlier barricaded himself inside a house for 20 hours on the Gold Coast.