Kirsten Webster is a news reporter on the Gold Coast. She previously worked as a radio producer and a reporter in the Melbourne newsroom. Kirsten previously spent 14 years with the BBC in London as a sports reporter and presenter.
When Danielle Carroll's sister Kelly Wilkinson was murdered by her estranged husband, she became the carer for Kelly's children. While they were surrounded support at first, months later it began to slow down.
Michael James was hailed for his life-saving heroics after safely landing his damaged helicopter on a sand bank following a mid-air collision that killed four people. All of his passengers survived.
An investigation into Gold Coast mother Kelly Wilkinson's murder will be officially opened to see if her death could have been prevented.
An aviation safety expert says pilots may be subject to greater drug and alcohol testing after a Sea World pilot who died in a mid-air collision last year was found to have had traces of cocaine in his system.
One year since the mid-air collision of two Sea World helicopters resulted in the death of four people on the Gold Coast, answers are still being sought.
Military veterans say a new small-scale treatment model that includes ice baths, structured exercise and cooking classes is showing positive results for their mental health.
Swimming across a wide creek while navigating tides is a tough ask for most preschoolers, but a Queensland instructor hopes the experience could one day save their lives.
Critically ill surfing great Mark Richardson has been medically evacuated from an Indonesian hospital to Darwin after efforts to transport donations of the rare A negative blood type proved unsuccessful.
Efforts are underway to save the Gold Coast surfing champion who is critically ill in a Bali hospital.
As the number of children presenting in Queensland emergency departments with e-scooter injuries rises sixfold, experts and parents worry it will take a death for the dangers of the device to be taken seriously.
The family of a Gold Coast Titans cheerleader who died more than a decade ago are "shattered" that the case against her ex-boyfriend is expected to be discontinued.
Nikola Golem has had his matter heard in court for the first time after he was arrested and charged with his step father's murder yesterday.
It is hoped a horseshoe-shaped containment area and baiting three times a year will stop the spread of fire ants after the pests were recently detected just 5km north of the NSW border.
Unit owners living in some of Queensland's most in-demand real estate hotspots fear proposed changes to the state's body corporate laws could allow developers to squeeze them out of their homes.
A grassroots push by surfer Lucy Small has seen a Gold Coast event flooded with female competitors in an effort to get an equal prize pool, but the Kirra Klassic director says that has politicised the event.
Queensland police say interstate witnesses may hold the key to finding a man responsible for an alleged coward punch on the Gold Coast Saturday night that left a 39-year-old man in a critical condition.
Some areas have received a month's worth of rain overnight, while Tuesday morning commuters on the M1 have been delayed by flash flooding on the Gold Coast.
A 19-year-old man has died on the Gold Coast and two others have been taken to hospital after taking an unknown substance over the weekend.
Wiradjuri woman Brenda Matthews considers herself part of the Stolen Generations — but from a legal perspective she is not. Her story is told in a new film following her quest for identity and healing.
Police data shows the number of robberies has dropped by almost 20 per cent in one year on the Gold Coast, in contrast to soaring figures in the rest of Queensland.
A deadline for private submissions to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has prompted a rush of harrowing accounts.
The residential density of the area and approval of several chopper operations only kilometres apart would not have occurred in any other city in Australia, according to experts.
Hundreds of airline passengers have been caught up in an IT systems breakdown at Gold Coast Airport with airline staff reverting to a manual check-in process.
A Queensland program is tackling youth crime with a focus on wellbeing and mindfulness, while equipping participants with a trade certificate at the same time.
Police are investigating the drowning death of a man in Surfers Paradise, believed to be linked with "nangs".