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

Cowboys forward Luciano Leilua has pleaded guilty to low-range drink driving before a Townsville magistrate. 

A social worker tells an inquest into the death of a baby boy, 11 days after he was discharged from a north Queensland hospital, that she did not report her concerns about his parents to the Department of Child Safety.

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.

If the tropical low develops into a cyclone, it would be Queensland's third in as many months. 

An environmental advocate says the changing climate means its more important than ever to protect the reef from human damage. It comes after a private charter skipper is convicted of numerous maritime offences.

There is no scientific evidence that water divining works, so why are so many landholders still using it as a method to find water?

With only 12 public cyclone shelters across Queensland, a leading design engineer recommends more people should consider building dedicated rooms in their homes.

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

The ABC understands there are a few thousand cattle held up in yards around the Northern Territory's Top End, and two live export vessels anchored off Darwin, as the industry waits for the permit issue to be resolved.

Taskforce Guardian has arrested hundreds of repeat offenders since it was created, but is it actually solving youth crime?

Townsville police allege the man became verbally aggressive and hit a piece of timber against the windscreen of a clean-up vehicle, and tried to kick and punch the 65-year-old male worker inside.

Queensland’s state-owned power grid quietly forced almost 170,000 air-conditioners in homes and businesses into low-power mode six times over summer.

Queensland can expect more wet weather this week, combined with sticky heat, after a recent spate of record-breaking minimum overnight lows.

Two are dead after three separate shootings in Queensland overnight, including a man in his 20s who was shot by police in Townsville.

One area that saw rain-induced flooding was Charters Towers, where emergency services rescued 14 people after they became trapped overnight.

Some inland Queensland farmers are relieved, others disappointed, by lower than expected rainfall from ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily.

Townsville resident shares experience of ex-Cyclone Kirrily.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is moving inland now as a tropical low. Look back on Friday's coverage. 

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is moving inland as a tropical low after crossing the Queensland coast overnight leaving more than 60,000 residents without power.

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily made landfall near Townsville as a category 2 system, but the bureau is warning the risk of heavy rains and floods remains.

Cyclone Kirrily is expected to bring gale-force winds and heavy rain to Townsville and other coastal communities stretching from Innisfail to Mackay.

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily's irregular shape will alter hazards to the north and south as it nears the north Queensland coastline.

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is crossing the north Queensland coast near Townsville, with the system revised to category two — as it happened.

Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has been downgraded to a category one system as it crosses the Queensland coast, the Bureau of Meteorology says.