A suspect who allegedly held a British backpacker hostage and raped her says he was born in New Zealand.

Woman allegedly held against her will in Queensland tried to call family.

Away from the hectic bustle of the big Gold Coast theme parks, Winston Aldworth finds a sanctuary for animals and travellers.

Passengers were left hanging on the BuzzSaw ride at Dreamworld after a safety switch was triggered.

Lionel Patea was jailed for life for killing Tara Brown. The couple's young daughter is now parentless, and struggling.

Cherie Howie stays in a one-bedroom Townsville apartment with river and city views.

While Fraser Island is considered by many to be the crowning jewel of Queensland's Fraser Coast it's not the only place worth a visit, writes Corazon Miller.

This model mum of two reveals how she went from pregnant to a six-pack in eight weeks.

A protection order could not keep Tara Brown safe from her ex-partner, who had a lengthy list of criminal convictions.

A Herculean effort by his three mates brought Sam Brown's body back to his family.

The man accused of murdering Kiwi-born mum Tara Brown after running her car off the road on the Gold Coast will go on trial tomorrow.

The heartbroken mum of a baby who died of respiratory failure wants answers after she says only one of eight GP practices referred son to hospital.

Scientists have just discovered the oldest documented case of live birth: that by a "terrible-headed lizard" that lived 250 million years ago.

Kiwi allegedly involved in a worldwide paedophile ring that abused the adopted son of a gay Australian couple has been named.

Global paedophile ring that allegedly involved a Kiwi man was brought down by an innocent image of a boy getting a henna tattoo.

The Kiwi man is allegedly involved in a global child sex offender network.

It is horrifying how few rapists get convicted, and myths around the crime, the victims and the perpetrators are a big part of the problem.

The Competition asks Entrants to select images they think are of Queensland to go in the draw to win one of eight NZD$1,000 House

Three Queenslanders are being hailed as lifesavers after plucking their mate from the water after he was bitten by a shark.

A Queensland mum has catapulted self-serve checkout theft to an entirely new level with an elaborate barcode scam.

A horrifying number of pets are being left out to cook in sweltering conditions with at least five dying and hundreds suffering severe heat stress.

A number of Queensland towns have smashed previous heat records this weekend but this is getting ridiculous.

Lizard Man Bronson Ellery's terrified ex-girlfriend considered faking her own death to escape him just one month before he brutally murdered her in his Gold Coast apartment.

In just two months almost 23,000 people in this southeast Queensland tourist hot spot have been stung by jellyfish.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

Thrill-seekers dangled at the top of the 119m Giant Drop for five minutes on Friday, just hours after the ride's reopening, but Dreamworld boss says it was a glitch.

A former Whangarei woman has been charged with attempted murder on the Sunshine Coast.

Empty wine bottles, bra and cream-filled condoms led 'humiliated' cleaner to believe his colleagues had had an orgy.

Cherie Howie stays at a Queensland hotel that boasts a huge lagoon pool.

For eight long months, 27-year-old Bec Craven wore a mechanical heart in her chest. Then one night it stopped and the alarm sounded ... literally.