QLD Reporter — local news from Queensland

A national police operation has targeted the Lone Wolf Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, resulting in 20 arrests and 69 charges laid across Australia and New Zealand. The gang has been assessed as posing a "very high threat" in organised crime in Australia.

A 60-year-old man was left with head injuries after being hit with an angle grinder during an attempted e-bike theft at a caravan park in Adelaide's inner-east. The offender, described as Caucasian and about 191cm tall, is yet to be arrested.

A police watch house designed for adults will continue to hold Queensland children due to concerns over capacity at youth detention centres under proposed breach bail laws. The Wacol Youth Remand Centre, originally built for adults, was opened last year as a safer alternative to police watch houses.

The federal government has abandoned its proposed changes to disaster recovery funding following pushback from states and councils. The changes would have seen the federal government contribute 50 per cent to disaster recovery efforts, down from up to 75 per cent in some areas.

Queensland's 77 mayors have called on the federal government to abandon proposed changes to disaster recovery funding, warning that it would leave local communities to foot the bill. The changes would reduce the federal government's contribution from 64 per cent to a 50-50 split with states.

Powderfinger has confirmed their reunion, 16 years after breaking up, with a series of shows across Australia set to begin in September next year. The legendary Australian rock band announced their return via a video posted to their social media accounts this morning.

Queensland Theatre Company's 2027 season features adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and a new Romeo + Juliet from First Nations theatre-makers. The season also includes the Brisbane premiere of An Iliad and a new Australian play, My Roman Empire.