Brisbane Police

Ten children are in custody and at least three more remain on the run after a spate of thefts.

The 17-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man and a 22-year-old man from Caboolture yesterday after launching a homicide investigation.

A woman has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a dual cab ute crashed in the early hours of this morning in Brisbane's south west.

Police have made a fresh appeal for help after five people were seriously hurt, two critically, in a crash in Brisbane's south west last night.

A group of vandals has gone on a senseless rampage, smashing more than a dozen car windows on Brisbane's southside.

Pro-Palestine students occupying a Melbourne University building have been ordered to pack up and leave or face possible expulsion, while Queenslanders have been arrested.

Police said the two alleged shootings were shocking but do not believe they are linked.

The NRL chief said it was "very disappointing" to hear about the allegation.

The building was evacuated and streets were locked down as the bomb squad was called in.

The builder estimates the damage bill for one of the homes is about $1 million.

One property owner has spoken of their devastation after pouring their life savings into the new build.

Police, who've warned women in the area to stay vigilant, were told she was pushed to the ground and held down.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of a man who was allegedly stabbed in Brisbane's south.

Emergency services were called to a park in Acacia Ridge to find a man with multiple stab wounds to the abdomen.

Police said the Uber driver got out of his car and went into the fast-food restaurant but the group allegedly followed him and a fight occurred inside.

"At 5.45pm, the man was taken into custody by police who have subsequently located a small tomahawk in the man's bag."

A woman is fighting for life as police appeal for information about one of the cars involved.

A man has been arrested after breaking into a property in Brisbane, standing on the roof of the house triggering a nine-hour police standoff.

When he stepped up as Queensland's Acting Police Commissioner Steve Gollchewski promised a crackdown on crime in the state.

Video shows the gang attempting to break into homes before police arrive.

Multiple police officers were surrounded inside their vehicle as some attendees kicked and punched dents in the patrol car.

"You placed the deceased in the bathtub in a sitting position with the tap still running," Justice Sullivan said.

Officers allegedly found a three-month-old girl "not breathing" at a Redland Bay home on September 2, 2011.

He came face to face with a teenager allegedly using a knife to jimmy open his front door.

Mystery surrounds the death of a Toowoomba woman who was found dead in her front yard.

A hiker has died after slipping trying to retrieve a tripod that had fallen by a waterfall in a national park south-west of the Gold Coast.

Two cars were involved in the crash, with one car flipping onto its roof.

Four people are assisting police after a woman was allegedly assaulted at a property in Doolandella and taken to a home about 10 minutes away at Forest Lake this afternoon.

The group are in custody after 70-year-old Vyleen White was allegedly stabbed to death in a shopping centre carpark.

Police have stepped up patrols across a Queensland community after a 70-year-old grandmother was stabbed to death over the weekend.

Streets were locked down in the middle of the city last night as an alleged drive-by shooting causing panic and chaos.

A man is on the run after hitting a pedestrian and crashing his car into the front of a home south of Brisbane, sparking a fire which destroyed the home.

The hot weather impacted much of northern Australia, with temperatures climbing into the mid-to-high 40s in some areas.

A female neighbour of a woman aged 43 who was been stabbed to death in Brisbane is helping police with their investigation.

A mother-of-four who police say was killed by her partner north of Brisbane had only recently moved there from Sydney.

One man in his 30s received a "significant open wound" to his forearm during the attack.

Residents inside the Brisbane exclusion zone have been ordered indoors as specialist negotiators attempt de-escalation.

A man is fighting for life and a boy has been seriously injured after a boat and jet-ski collided at Chandler.

Queensland Police said a 22-year-old suffered serious stab wounds to his led and was transported to hospital.

A man is in a serious condition after being stabbed in the stomach and neck on a busy street.

The first Redbank Plains store caught fire at 1.20pm and the second store was on fore about 50 minutes later.

The boy is in Queensland Children's Hospital.

Brett Orm, 54, was last confirmed to be seen in his white 2012 Nissan Navara in Fitzgibbon on August 11.

Victims and those affected by Queensland's youth crime crisis marched from the Botanic Gardens to Parliament House.

Hugh Walker was "on fire" when he managed to get out of the house, a neighbour said.

Brett Orme's car has since been found, 45 minutes away from where he was last seen.

Attacked by a terrorist in Somalia, Mohammed Abdi sought protection and relocated to Australia. Years later his son Raghe Abdi was shot dead by police on a highway south of Brisbane in what was described as a "terrorism event".

Police said the man was wanted over "a number of weapons and criminal offences".

Two people have been rushed to hospital after ute smashed into a house in Brisbane's north.