A regional council has tried to have a court case over the horror deaths of a father and son at a popular tourist lagoon dropped. Lawyers for the council, which is charged with breaching its health ...

A man and his five-year-old son, who both drowned in an Airlie Beach public pool, were underwater for about six minutes before anyone noticed, Queensland Police say. Bystanders and police have ...

A family holiday has ended in tragedy after a five-year-old boy and his father drowned at a popular swimming spot in Queensland’s north. The boy and his 30-year-old father were reportedly enjoying the ...

Emergency services were called to Airlie Beach lagoon, a popular swimming spot in the Whitsundays town, yesterday afternoon around 4pm. Both the 30-year-old dad and his five-year-old boy were pulled ...

Chinese airline pilot Yuanwei Zhang and his son Chenxi, 5, slipped beneath the surface while swimming in the Airlie Beach lagoon about 3.40pm on October 28, 2018 and did not resurface alive. They had ...

This is what Paul Burfitt, owner of Airlie Beach restaurant The Treehouse, told tourism operators and journalists visiting the Whitsundays last week. Mr Burfitt's restaurant sits right beside the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. Queensland Police Service Media confirmed late yesterday that two patients had been taken by ambulance to the ...

The final moments of a Chinese father and his young son are being disputed as part of a multi-million-dollar lawsuit in a Queensland court. Court documents show disagreement about whether the father ...