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Skye Anne Wallis and Kari O'Brien are currently facing a committal in the magistrates court in Brisbane, on charges of murder, arson and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

The police officer was hit and killed by a stolen car while he was laying road spikes in an attempt to stop the vehicle on the Bruce Highway in 2021.

Detective Inspector David Harbison speaking at a crime scene in Burpengary East.

A 26-year-old man, who was gardening when a fight allegedly broke out with his elderly neighbours, has had his matter briefly mentioned in a Brisbane court after being charged with murder and manslaughter.

Concerns were raised about the evidence against Aaron Harley James, including a problematic police interview of a minor.

A body is found in the fire-ravaged home of an 83-year-old man after a blaze at a Burpengary retirement community.

When Colleen Dorahy’s mother died, a neatly folded criss-crossed letter dated 1879 was discovered among her belongings — marked only with the author's initials.

South-east Queensland has been hit by more than 3.5 million lightning strikes in the past three weeks, compared to just 38,000 strikes at the same time last year.

Police say they were confronted by a 29-year-old man who was known to officers, and that no-one else was injured in the incident.

A 31-year-old man from Eumundi has appeared in court this morning over an incident in Burpengary that killed a 57-year-old man and left another rider fighting for life.

Social isolation is a major issue affecting older Australians, but a program north of Brisbane is helping to bridge generational gaps.

Longman is a marginal Queensland seat, north of Brisbane, that loves to swing and is a crucial battleground for the federal election, with major and minor parties vying for votes from the retiree haven of Bribie Island to the mortgage belt of Caboolture. 

The much loved — and very long — family pet has been found by a snake catcher 15 kilometres from home.

Aaron Harley James is charged with the murder of his 16-month-old stepson. Mr James did not appear in court and the case was adjourned until March.

A man has been charged with the domestic violence murder of a 16-month-old boy at Burpengary, north of Brisbane.  The ABC understands the man is the boy's stepfather.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses as part of ongoing investigations into the suspicious death of a 16-month-old boy from Burpengary last month.

Australia's third-largest council will shrug off its regional identity and rename itself Moreton Bay City, as the region grows from a quiet agricultural sector to a major population base.

They're not commercial yet, but electric taxis are "flying, they've got people in them" and this company says the Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at Moreton Bay will be the perfect base.

Members of the community and Queensland police farewell Senior Constable David Masters at his funeral after the 53-year-old was hit by a car and killed while laying road spikes north of Brisbane late last month.

A 33-year-old woman is charged over the alleged hit-and-run murder of a police officer north of Brisbane.

Queensland police release the identity of the person they believe was the driver of the car that hit and killed a police officer on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane yesterday.

A 24-year-old woman is charged with murder over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a Queensland police officer on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane yesterday.

Queensland police hunt a driver who hit and killed Senior Constable David Masters, who was laying tyre spikes in front of a stolen car on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane early this morning.

South-east Queensland's population is predicted to surge by more than 2 million people by 2036 and community groups in the Moreton Bay region are opposing the proliferation of developments proposed to cater for the population boom.

Conservationists warn a $2.7 billion residential and marina development on the banks of Caboolture River, north of Brisbane, is a threat to Moreton Bay's fragile ecosystem, as the Queensland government considers whether to give Priority Development Area status to the 570-hectare site at Burpengary.