An aggressive South East Queensland student armed himself with a brick and attempted to force entry to a classroom to get at ...

Queensland’s southeast was battered by severe storms on Monday afternoon, with heavy rain and golf ball-sized hail recorded in parts of the state.

Cairns will emerge from a three-day lockdown at 4pm as planned, as Queensland records four new locally acquired virus cases linked to the cluster in Brisbane's west.

Students at Trinity Beach State School faced a lockdown today after an armed person was reportedly spotted near the grounds.