The highest-paid train drivers for Queensland Rail makes more money than school principals and Queensland backbenchers after overtime.

The top Queensland Rail drivers worked a combined total of 3522 overtime hours last year and earned between $195,000 and $226,000 dollars.  

Queensland Rail announced they will be adding an extra 430 train services and 200,000 seats to the network last month.

One man has died and two men are believed to be in critical condition after being electrocuted while installing a train line at a sugarcane farm near Cairns.

Police Inspector Peter Flori said the men were steadying a length of track suspended from the crane when the boom hit an overhead powerline on Sunday morning.

A nearby resident and first responder said the workers had been replacing rail tracks at the farm for several weeks.

The Australian Radiation Protection Agency will install Queensland’s first inland UV sensor in the mining town of Emerald in the coming months.

The agency’s Dr Stuart Henderson said the Central Queensland town presents a unique opportunity with a distinct climate and a large outdoor workforce who will benefit from the technology.

There are currently 16 UV sensors installed along the Queensland coast, many providing real-time information on Queenslander UV exposure.

Romania's police chief has been fired over his handling of the murder of a 15-year-old girl, after it was revealed she made three emergency calls to report her own kidnapping. 

The girl was abducted on Wednesday while hitchhiking home in southern Romania, with police executing a search warrant 19 hours after the girl’s last emergency call.

A 65-year-old suspect has been taken into custody, and police believe another teenager who went missing three months ago may have been murdered by the same killer.

At least 36 people are now known to have died in a landslide which struck a village in southern China on Tuesday due to heavy rains.

State-run local media report 15 people have been missing since a wave of mud buried more than 20 houses in the province of Guizhou with another 40 people rescued from the landslide in Shuicheng county.

 A local school has also been commandeered as an emergency medical and rescue centre for victims and the government has reportedly set aside $4.4 million for rescue efforts and the relocation of victims.

The major Brisbane inner-north road Kingsford Smith Drive was closed over the weekend for construction and is expected to re-open today. 

A Brisbane City Council spokesperson said the upgrade widened the road from four to six lanes and added dedicated bicycle lanes to improve safety. 

The upgrade will reduce traffic congestion along Kingsford Smith Drive which links the CBD to the airport, Port of Brisbane, Northshore and Hamiltion.

An Australian gold mining company will donate $300,000 towards the development of a rapid cancer test at The University of Queensland.

The funding from Evolution Mining will help researchers optimise a new gold nanoparticle blood test which could give oncologists an early and more accurate diagnosis.

Professor of Nanoscience Matt Trau who leads the project said it is visionary for a mining company to support cutting-edge medical research.

The Morrison government may force Netflix and other streaming giants to produce more Australian content in a range of sweeping reforms to the digital services sector.

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher says streaming services are not obligated to produce local content, which can direct audiences away from the Australian entertainment industry.

The Australian Government has said they would introduce digital reforms without waiting for other countries to get on board, but have since said they are wary of going about it alone.

Queensland swimmer Shayna Jack has tested positive for the banned drug Ligandrol at the FINA World Championships, days after Australian swimmers accuse China’s Sun Yang of doping.

Shayna Jack said she was shocked by the test and would never knowingly take a banned drug, which can be accidentally consumed if supplements are contaminated.  

Jack’s coach Dean Boxall said he supports official protocol surrounding Jack’s doping suspension, but he says he believes her claim that the incident was accidental.