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Premier Steven Miles has flagged raising the prospect of opening children's court to the media with the Attorney-General after access was denied in relation to the alleged murder of Vyleen White.

Queensland Police say several of the boys arrested in relation to the murder and carjacking were brought in by their parents.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll laying flowers at a Redbank shopping centre following the tragic stabbing death of a grandmother.

The 63-year-old man was stabbed in the face and head and died on the way to hospital. 

Queensland's environment department is investigating Cleanaway's New Chum landfill after flooding left millions of litres of leachate smelling out local suburbs.

Four people, including a child, die in a fiery crash, with early investigations suggesting a car was travelling the wrong way down the Ipswich Motorway, west of Brisbane.

An Uber driver who kept a teenage passenger's licence as a "trophy" for almost two years after he raped her on a secluded road in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, is sentenced to seven years in jail.

Parcels needing to go to nearby suburbs take odd routes around the country despite a new $240-million automated distribution centre recently opening near Brisbane.

An Ipswich man is remanded in custody on a string of weapons, drugs and explosives charges after the discovery of four homemade bombs in a car and at his home.

Queensland Police Senior Sergeant Gareth James says the home-made bomb was 'capable of causing serious injury.'

A man and a woman have been arrested after a home made bomb was found hidden in a car in a shopping centre west of Brisbane this morning.

Police dismantle a homemade explosive device found in a car at a shopping centre west of Brisbane arresting a man and a woman at the scene after spotting them on CCTV footage.

A man is charged over the death of a 69-year-old man who was the victim of an alleged one-punch attack at a hotel near Ipswich, west of Brisbane.

The Queensland Government's plan to sell some assets and privatise others has many workers worried about job cuts, as the LNP Government prepares to hand down its third state budget tomorrow.

Queensland rail company Aurizon is cutting 480 workers as part of a productivity drive aimed at saving $130 million. In an ASX statement this morning, Aurizon said it would cease maintenance work on passenger trains at its workshops in Townsville at the end of next month and at Redbank, west of Brisbane, in June next year. There is also a proposal to reduce staff at two workshops who work on freight operations, with the aim of closing the Redbank workshop in two years' time. Unions say rail staff are stunned and angered by Aurizon's decision. The Rail, Tram and Bus Union has called an urgent meeting of its state executive to discuss the matter.

Road and rail freight company Aurizon has announced job cuts at its Redbank workshop in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, and in Rockhampton in central Queensland.

Australia's largest rail freight company has not ruled out forced redundancies in southern states and Western Australia.

Police have charged an 18-year-old man allegedly at the centre of a five-hour stand-off yesterday at Ipswich, west of Brisbane.

Queensland police question a man over a fatal stabbing at Redbank, west of Brisbane.

A man has died in hospital after being stabbed at Redbank, west of Brisbane.

A man has died in a crash involving two trucks and a bus at a rail overpass at Ipswich, west of Brisbane.

A 43-year-old man from Redbank Plains has appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court accused accused of a fatal hit and run at Coorparoo in Brisbane's south.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has urged striking rail staff to return to work.

Queensland unions say there could be more industrial action in the new year over privatisation.

Queensland Rail workers have begun industrial action against the sale of assets, with some urging their colleagues to go further.