A mother who has been locked outside the Queensland border has had to exchange her kids over the top of the border barrier. 

Young New South Wales mum Jess Abble had to visit the border barrier in Tweed Heads yesterday to carry out an exchange to get her kids back, after they had been spending time with their grandparents in Queensland.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns of more wet and wild weather for southern Queensland which is expected to last all week. 

Heavy rainfall of up to 200 millimetres is forecast throughout the whole week with today being the wettest day across parts of the south-east, including Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Police are seeking missing money after a fake lawyer on the Gold Coast lost more than $430,000 of their clients money. 

Nerise Dawn Moore, who formerly operated a Mudgeeraba law firm known as Stenton and Moore, has been disqualified by the Queensland Supreme Court from managing a corporation that is a legal practice.

First Nations communities are asking for more resources to be put forward for investigations into missing Indigenous children. 

Families elated by the news of missing child Cleo Smith being found safe are asking for help finding their children amidst the mammoth effort to find the missing child. 

Trials for touchless crossing buttons in Melbourne's CBD have proved successful, sparking international interest. 

Melbourne businessman Con Liosatos saw the effects the pandemic had on the public and through his company, designed a crossing button that doesn't require any contact. 

Protests of the military coup in Sudan have been met with violence, as Sudanese police forces fired tear gas at protestors. 

Overnight demonstrators protesting the coup to overthrow the democratic transition by military forces have been arrested with teachers participating in the peaceful demonstrations arrested and detained. 

A contractual agreement is underway to ensure Brisbane's 2032 Olympics will be the first Games to operate in a way that is climate positive. 

The scheme is part of a bid to avoid huge debts and abandoned stadiums evident in some previous host cities.

Authorities carried out an operation over the weekend that targeted the influx of illegal Indonesian fishing boats in Australia's northern waters. 

The Australian Border Force executed a three-day operation near the Rowley Shoals Marine Park off the northern Western Australian coast where they were able to seize hundreds of kilograms of fishing gear and seafood.