Disgraced former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll will soon learn whether he’ll be jailed over fraud offences, after pleading guilty three days before he was due to stand trial in the Brisbane District Court. The member for Redcliffe in the Newman government in November pleaded guilty to 15 charges, admitting to soliciting thousands of dollars in secret commissions and falsifying records during his term as an MP.

SPECIALIST bomb squad police are on scene at a house in Redcliffe where a “device” has been found following a fire. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services were called to the Klingner Driver home at 6.35am after reports the house was well alight.

A deadly discovery in Moreton Bay, east of Brisbane, is causing residents to look twice before putting their feet in the water. The octopuses, which can often be found in the outer reaches of Moreton Bay, are rarely discovered within the confines of the harbour.