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A 61-year-old Tweed Heads woman was served a notice to appear in court on one count of "owners must install smoke alarms" over the fire, which killed five boys and their father on Russell Island last year.

A 61-year-old Tweed Heads woman has been accused of not having compliant smoke alarms in the home, where six people lost their lives.

Diver Sophie Kalkowski-Pope filmed the bleaching she saw on a dive in the Frankland Islands since Tropical Cyclone Jasper

Five boys and their father were killed in the blaze, the state's worst house fire tragedy since 2011. Loved ones paid tribute to the "heroic" dad and his "beautiful" boys.

Five children and a father were killed when their Russell Island home was engulfed by flames.

A Russell Island soccer club will observe a minute's silence to honour the memory of five children and their father, who died tragically in a house fire over the weekend.

Police say they're keeping an 'open mind' as they investigate the cause of a house fire on Russell Island which claimed the lives of a man and his five sons.

Police say it has not been determined if a fire on Russell Island, which killed a man and his five sons, is suspicious or not.

Investigators are still sifting through the burnt-out house on Russell Island after the fire that killed a father and his five sons.

Police believe the bodies belong to five young boys and their father reported missing as flames took hold of their home and neighbouring properties on Russell Island, near Brisbane.   

Residents on Russell Island in south-east Queensland have been urging the local council to redevelop a block of land into a park with a playground, an outdoor gym, and more vegetation.

The population of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands has grown by 20 per cent, but residents say social and physical infrastructure has not kept up.

The future for a not-for-profit service for youth living on the Southern Moreton Bay Islands is uncertain, with no permanent funding and the local council challenging their right to use a building.

A 20-year-old man is charged with rape after allegedly knocking a teenage girl unconscious and assaulting her on Macleay Island off Brisbane, police say.

The Southern Moreton Bay Islands are less than an hour away from the busy urban life of Brisbane and Redlands, but the promise of island life is proving to be a nightmare for people who can't access the health care they need.

A man, aged in his 30s, has died following a police shooting at Russell Island, east of Brisbane, this morning. 

More than 19,000 homes across south-east Queensland lose power on Christmas night as the region is hit by severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and strong winds.

Bushfires look set to burn for several days on Russell Island, east of Brisbane, and while the immediate threat to property has eased an evacuation centre remains open on the island for residents who have left their homes.

Bradley Michael Hazelton is sentenced to at least nine months in jail over a car crash that killed his friend, Dwayne Nicholson, in the NSW Illawarra region in 2000.

Two boys, aged six and nine, have died in separate accidents in Queensland, one drowning in a dam and the other being hit by a car. The six-year-old had been reported missing yesterday afternoon, amid fears he had fallen into a dam on a private property north-east of Gatton in the Lockyer Valley. Police divers found his body last night. Officers were also investigating the death of a boy, 9, hit by a car yesterday afternoon at Russell Island, south-east of Brisbane. He died at the scene.

Native title holders on North Stradbroke Island accuse the Queensland Government of giving preferential treatment to a political donor when considering a sand mining lease on the island.

A man, believed to be in his sixties, is missing after he fell off a boat near Stradbroke Island off Brisbane.

Police say hopes are fading for finding a boatie who fell overboard in waters off Brisbane.

A man has died after falling off a roof at a building site at Innisfail in far north Queensland.

Christmas is proving a tough time for Queensland police with five officers allegedly assaulted, including three being bitten, in the past few days.