Queensland’s oldest standing theatre, The Princess Theatre, will be refreshed and reopened as a music and arts venue late this year.

Heritage enthusiast Steve Wilson will partner with Tivoli owners Steve and Dave Sleswick to restore the 133-year-old building in Woolloongabba. 

Queensland Health has been ordered to conduct a statewide audit into personal protective equipment. 

The audit follows after the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union took Queensland Health to the Industrial Relations Commission yesterday. 

The state's high priority hospitals including metro north and metro south must be audited by April 19.

A new UN report says half of women and adolescent girls in developing countries are denied the right to autonomy over their bodies.

The My Body is My Own report found 45% of women were not fully empowered to make choices over healthcare, contraception, and whether or not to have sex. It also found educated women were more likely to have autonomy over their body.

Labour will allocate $90 million for justice reforms to reduce the incarceration of Aboriginal people and the number of Aboriginal deaths in custody if it wins government.

Research suggests Australian schools need better ventilation to improve student health and productivity.

Researchers from the University of New South Wales found many students could be learning in classrooms with CO2 levels four times the recommended threshold. High CO2 levels can cause headaches, sleepiness, and tiredness. 

The head of Queensland’s corruption watchdog Alan MacSporran is facing calls to step aside while an independent inquiry into how ill-founded charges were laid against Logan councillors is held. 

Lindy Morrison OAM has announced her retirement from Support Act after more than 20 years at the organisation. 

Support Act is Australia's only charity delivering crisis relief and mental health and wellbeing services to artists, crew and music workers. 

At least 20 children have died after a fire at a school in Niger's capital, Niamey.

The fire began late Tuesday afternoon when the children were in lessons, many in straw-hut classrooms. Niger is the world's poorest nation.