Laura Dance Festival to return in 2023
One of Australia's longest running Indigenous cultural events will be back next year, looking to attract it's biggest ever audience.
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Charters Towers to get first CT scanner
The Charters Towers Health Service will get the city’s first CT scanner, cutting long distance travel for diagnostic procedures.
Get ready Queensland. State urged to prepare for inevitable wild weather
Local governments and emergency responders across the state are pushing a tough message this week. When it comes to extreme weather events in Queensland, they say, it's not a matter of 'if' but 'when'.
Teen charged over Cairns stabbing death
Police have charged a teenager with murder after a man was allegedly stabbed at a home in the Cairns suburb of Caravonica on Friday night.
Ten charged in Queensland GST fraud scheme
Police have arrested 10 people across Brisbane after a long investigation into alleged goods and services tax (GST) fraud offences.
Queensland NRMs back Federal plan to save threatened species
The state’s peak natural resource management body, NRM Regions Queensland, is throwing its weight behind the Federal Government’s newly released Threatened Species Action Plan.
Police shut down commercial scale cannabis operation
Queensland Police have closed down a $234.5 million organised crime syndicate cannabis operation at Isis Central, near Bundaberg.
Cyber attack on far north Queensland health organisation
An Indigenous health organisation operating in Far North Queensland says it has been the victim of a cyber attack.
ATSB probes Torres Strait emergency landing
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun an investigation into a charter flight that made an emergency landing on a road in the Torres Strait after its engines failed.
The doctor from Millaa Millaa making medicine better
Queensland doctor Lachlan McIver has been to more than 100 countries, changing the way the world practices medicine.
Film tells story of unsolved 1932 outback Queensland bank robbery
The outback town of Cloncurry had become part of the electorate of Carpentaria just before the Queensland election of 1932.
Man charged over 13 Mareeba fires
A man will appear in a far north Queensland court today charged in relation to a series of fires police allege were deliberately lit in the Mareeba area on Tuesday.
Townsville honours former cricket star Andrew Symonds
Townsville will name the grandstand at the city’s Riverway Stadium after former Australian cricketer, Andrew ‘Roy’ Symonds.
Big wet leaves Sunshine Coast with $15 million road repair bill
It could take two years to repair road damage caused by severe weather in the Sunshine Coast region in the first half of 2022
Free licence replacement for Queenslanders affected by Optus hack
The State Government will give people affected by the Optus data breach new driving licences free of charge.
Bundaberg has Australia’s most rooftop solar power
The Queensland Government says the city of Bundaberg has more solar panels on its residential rooftops than anywhere else in Australia.
Gladstone port cruise terminal to welcome its first vessel
Holland America Line’s MS Noordam will become the first vessel to use Gladstone’s recently built cruise terminal.
Australian climate change stance violates Torres Strait rights: UN committee
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found Australia violated the rights of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to protect them against climate change.
Meet the man creating a forest of food in far north Queensland
It takes Mike Gailer several minutes to list all the things he grows on his two-hectare block of land near Kuranda in far north Queensland.
Search for man missing on Flinders Highway
Police have called for public help to find a man missing on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Mount Isa.
Northern Australia termites could head south as planet warms
You know you’ve reached the north when you start to see termite mounds, but research out today says they could be found further south as the planet warms.
Palm Island wins rugby league shield in honour of brave soldier
It’s one of Queensland rugby league’s most keenly contested trophies, and this year, the Palm Island Skipjacks got to take it home.
Queensland housing summit the right move but bold measures must follow
Australian state and federal governments have never been keen to intervene in the housing market. But with Queenslanders sleeping in their cars at night due to lack of rentals and social housing in critically short supply, there’s growing calls for the State Government to do more.
Teen charged for running over man after Mermaid Waters armed burglary
A 16-year-old girl has been charged for allegedly running over a man in a stolen vehicle after an armed burglary at Mermaid Waters last month.
Central Queensland needs help to grab clean energy “once in a generation” opportunity
A new report says the transition to renewable energy is a once in a generation opportunity for central Queensland communities, but they’ll need more support to make the change.
Is that crab worth keeping? Technology helps answer an age-old question
If you’re into catching mud crabs, a new device could help you tell whether your catch is worth keeping.
Former Wiggle welcomes zapper at far north Queensland sports club
Far north Queensland locals will long remember the day former Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, came to visit.
Mount Isa to observe Miners Memorial Day on Monday
The north-west mining town of Mount Isa will pause on Monday morning and remember people who have lost their lives working in Queensland mines.
Woman charged as counterfeit cash found in Townsville
Police have charged a Townsville woman alleged to have been making counterfeit money.
“Give yourself up.” Police say time running out for murder suspect
Police have charged a third man over a murder in the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield on Monday and say a fourth suspect is running out of time.
SES finds woman missing in Far North bushland since Saturday
A woman who went missing while bushwalking at Cedar Bay in far north Queensland on Saturday has been found by SES volunteers.