Troy Thompson refuses to resign as Townsville mayor over false military service claims
Townsville mayor Troy Thompson’s military service claims under investigation by powerful corruption watchdog
April 2024
Townsville mayor Troy Thompson’s military service claims under investigation by watchdog
My Place groups worry about 5G and chemtrails. Some are also taking an interest in Queensland’s council elections
March 2024
Hear it roar: 3.9-metre saltwater crocodile captured in north Queensland – video
Backed by 5G truthers, exiled from One Nation, banned from parliament – now Troy Thompson looks set to be Townsville’s mayor
December 2023
Warnings for 500mm rain, heavy winds as cyclone approaching Queensland expected to become more severe
Tropical cyclone gradually intensifying, with region between Cooktown and Mackay at ‘highest risk’
June 2023
Written Off
Written off: how Queensland's youth justice system is turbocharging reoffending rates – video
Whistleblowers, judges and youth workers say children are leaving detention scarred, angry and more likely to commit further crime
April 2023
The rural network
Townsville pushes build-to-rent scheme in bid to address rental crisis
Experts say there’s little evidence that a privately-owned single landlord development would increase housing affordability
February 2023
Human Rights Act could be critical in divisive Queensland youth bail case
Palaszczuk government’s 2019 laws to be weighed against underlying principles of human rights
January 2023
‘Totally survivable medical condition’: parents face manslaughter charge over child’s death in Townsville
Police allege parents failed to provide care for three-year-old girl’s treatable medical condition
December 2022
The rural network
Townsville youth crime needs community-led fix rather than new detention centre, expert says
Indigenous health service chief says a plan to build new facility might ‘score brownie points’ with voters but won’t solve problem
July 2021
‘Tragic on many levels’: Queensland ambulance service apologises after death of Indigenous man
Noomba, 39, died in 2018 after being detained outside his Townsville home by police with paramedics in attendance
May 2021
Townsville woman dies after being stabbed in neck with hunting knife
Police found the 29-year-old on the footpath outside her home severely injured but she later died in hospital
April 2021
Townsville’s ‘road to Paris’ moment: the slow greening of an Adani stronghold
After years of a ‘coal-first’ mentality, the Queensland town is starting to see a future for itself as a green-energy powerhouse
March 2021
Stoked! Surfboard lost in Tasmania turns up 2,700km away in Queensland
Board belonging to big wave surfer Danny Griffiths believed to have made the journey via New Zealand
February 2021
Queensland crackdown on youth crime 'unlikely to work' and will target Indigenous kids
Townsville police condemn vigilante action after death of 22-year-old woman
January 2021
On the road again
The Great Green Way: a seven-day drive down the coast of tropical north Queensland
Life is returning to Australia’s tropical tourist destinations – but without international visitors, the drive from Port Douglas to Townsville via Cairns has a prevailing sense of calm
