Christella Tan was returning home from a night shift in aged care when a driver slammed into her car in a Mercedes he had stolen at gunpoint.

A community environment group has found wildlife on an isolated section of land cut off from Bribie Island and fears coastal erosion will destroy its habitat.

The woman was arrested in January and charged with administering poison with intent to harm, making child exploitation material and fraud. 

Kate Cooper died at Mapleton Falls in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland last Friday. Her devastated partner says she was a brave and beautiful person who loved nature and was "everyone's best friend".

Roads were closed, drivers rescued from vehicles, and two women hospitalised by lightning strikes amid the chaos of heavy rain on the Sunshine Coast last week.

A politically-connected cybersecurity business has been liquidated months after winning a lucrative Queensland government contract.

Researchers hope new breeding sites are a positive sign for the endangered species' survival.