Safety

Worker with children. | Newsreel

More Queensland occupations now need a blue card

More Queenslanders will need a blue card to continue working in their current jobs from this weekend. Changes to Queensland’s Working With Children legislation comes
Read more 18 September 2025
Young people on phones. | Newsreel

Youth more at risk of seeing raw violence online

By Samuel Cornell and T.J. Thomson When news broke last week that US political influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, millions of
Read more 17 September 2025
Cyclone aerial map Queensland. | Newsreel

New chair among reconstruction authority board changes

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority board has a fresh look with four new appointments. State Disaster Recovery Ann Leahy said former Flinders Shire Mayor Jane
Read more 15 September 2025
Prison fence. | Newsreel

New 1500-cell prison opens west of Brisbane

Queensland has a new prison with the Lockyer Valley Correctional Centre now open. State Corrective Services Minister Laura Gerber said the new state of the art high
Read more 15 September 2025
Swooping bird waring sign, Brisbane Australia

Hot spots revealed for peak bird swooping season

Brisbane’s swooping birds have switched their focus this year with different suburbs becoming hot spots for Council callouts. With spring here and peak beak awareness
Read more 15 September 2025
Homeless child. | Newsreel

CSOs join police to address State’s missing children

Child Safety Officers will be embedded with police in a trial project to address the hundreds of children missing from State care. A Queensland Government survey found
Read more 9 September 2025
Person on phone. | Newsreel

“Nudify” apps impacting Aussie children facing $50m fine

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has flagged an almost $50 million penalty for a UK-based company responsible for AI-generated “nudify” services used to
Read more 9 September 2025
Scales of Justice. | Newsreel

Life for Patterson. 33 years non-parole. What the judge said

By Rick Sarre and Ben Livings Erin Patterson, having been convicted in the Supreme Court of Victoria two months ago on three counts of murder and one count of attempted
Read more 8 September 2025
Queensland State Police Operations Centre. | newsreel

Riverfire crowd keep the fireworks in the sky

Queensland police made limited arrests on Saturday night as hundreds of thousands of people  ventured into Brisbane City for Riverfire. With crowd estimates ranging
Read more 8 September 2025
Cyber criminal. | Newsreel

40% jump in reports of online child sexual exploitation

Australian authorities battling child exploitation registered a more than 40 percent jump in reported cases over the past 12 months. Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Read more 8 September 2025