A Queensland accommodation provider has been the first to be successful convicted under the state's Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs (GHAD) Act.

The board of Sunwater has written to the state government, labelling the rebuild of Paradise Dam "grossly disproportionate" and should be "no further considered".

Police have charged a man who allegedly stole a significant amount of money from a cash-in-transit vehicle while armed with a weapon in Hervey Bay. 

Leslie Woodall had been flying three tourists from Agnes Water in central Queensland when the engine failed and the plane crashed, killing a woman.

Disability support organisation Endeavour Foundation in Bundaberg is changing its business model away from growing flowers to packaging solutions. 

Lachlan Robert Carver has been sentenced to 10 years for a hit-and-run crash that killed cyclist Matthew Nilsen. 

A Queensland prisoner died in prison of a rare bacterial condition after his calls for medical help went unanswered for weeks, a medical expert has told a coronial inquest.