Laws to decriminalise abortion are set to be introduced to the Queensland Parliament today. The bill is expected to be debated and passed before the end of the year.

24 people, including an eight-year-old girl, have been rescued from flash flooding in the Pollino (Po lee no) National Park in southern Italy.

Two Cambodian journalists charged with espionage for filing news reports to a US-funded radio station have been freed on bail.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may have won a Liberal Party leadership ballot yesterday but faces another torrid day in Canberra today as he attempts to hold on to Prime Ministership.

Ipswich Road in Annerley has now become Brisbane’s worst accident hotspot, according to a study by insurance company AAMI.

Traditional Owners of Land in the Galilee Basin held a Snap Action at Queensland Parliament yesterday, four days after an unfavourable court ruling.

Laws will be implemented today to sack the entire Ipswich City Council after 15 people, including two former mayors, were charged with 86 corruption-related offences.

A Crime and Corruption Committee report released last week found the council's culture had deteriorated to the point where corruption was no longer recognised.

Council business will be taken over by administrators until the next government election in 2020.

Queenslanders had Australia’s strongest monthly spending in July despite what senior economists describe as “weak wage growth”.

According to Comm Sec economist, Ryan Felsman, Australians - and Queenslanders especially - are spending more due to the falling prices of goods and services.

In particular, the retail sector has experienced increased sales of up to 16.6 per cent over the past year, which is a record since 2006, before the last recession.