Australia news live: backpacker Piper James died ‘as a result of drowning’ at K’gari after dingo attack, coroner says

City of Moreton Bay blocked from clearing tent city after successful legal challenge by group living in park A council breached human rights by clearing homeless people from a park in Brisbane’s north, Queensland’s supreme court has ruled. A group of 11 residents of Goodfellows Road, a park in Kallangur, challenged eviction notices issued against them by the City of Moreton Bay last year. Continue reading...

Cause of death of 19-year-old in January was drowning ‘in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack’ Canadian backpacker Piper James died “as a result of drowning” following a dingo attack at K’gari , the Queensland coroners court says. The court on Friday said Piper’s cause of death had been determined by a forensic pathologist and accepted by the investigating coroner. Continue reading...

In September party said Sean Bell was ‘currently in the process of moving to NSW’ but he claimed $6,600 in chauffeured cars in Brisbane in last quarter of 2025 Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast One Nation’s newest senator for New South Wales, Sean Bell, continued to live and work in Queensland in his first four months in the role – while also billing taxpayers more than $6,000 for chauffeured cars in Brisbane. After Bell was selected to take the casual vacancy left by

Debris from an intercepted Iranian missile has landed near Petach Tikva in central Israel.