A service club in Mount Isa, northwest Queensland donates specialised benches aimed at tackling mental health to almost every school in the town.

Sexist, obscene and other offensive slogans on vans and vehicles, found on holiday hire vehicles such as controversial Wicked Campers, are being made illegal in Queensland.

While endangered green turtle hatchlings have more than doubled on Queensland's remote Raine Island, scientists are still working to help the species in its battle against rising sea levels and overcrowding.

Bushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.

A Gold Coast couple celebrating 75 years together reveals their secret to a lasting relationship — not having kids.

A woman who is suing activewear retail company Lorna Jane began to suffer a mental health condition after being bullied in the workplace for her weight, a Brisbane court hears.

A new family-owned meatworks catering for specialist beef products is proposed for Central Queensland.

The tragic but romantic story behind the naming of the Mary River has been honoured on Valentine's Day with a new public artwork.

Townsville has confirmed its first locally-acquired case of the mosquito-borne dengue virus for 2017.

A man accused of running down a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Day while drunk is struggling to deal with the death, his lawyer says.

Residents on the former Magic Mountain theme park site are concerned by the level of noise that drilling to make the area safe could cause.

A Queensland rural lobby group says the decision by the Government to rule out forcing graziers off their land to expand military bases has set a precedent.

A Queensland scientist finds a new species of ant-eating spider and names it after a chance meeting with a new friend on Gumtree.

A deal over sewage disposal was the key to protecting a significant wetland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Farmers across Australia make the switch to solar powered irrigation pumps to reduce power costs.

A stand-off between a solar farm and electricity network provider delays the switch-on of a major solar project in Queensland's Gulf Country.

A former UK chief scientist warns that in an era of 'anti-science', politicians are ignoring scientific evidence and making poor policy decisions.

A unique partnership between a linguist, an app designer and a remote Aboriginal community is helping to ensure the survival of a rare Indigenous language.

Cute, cuddly Australian native animals are much loved across the globe, but their private mating behaviours can be extremely wild.

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A male koala makes a distinctive bellowing mating calls to a group of females which screech in return.

More than 170,000 lightning strikes are recorded during Monday's storms around south-east Queensland, as the clean-up gets into full swing this morning.

Jeff Horn's dream fight with Manny Pacquiao is up in the air with the Filipino boxing great's tweets casting doubt over the mooted Brisbane bout.

Queensland researchers map muscle fibres and find calcium levels rising to high levels after a strenuous workout, increasing the risk of damage.

Massive cuts to Queensland's public service and government programs under the LNP administration of Campbell Newman were given a "pain" ranking, confidential documents reveal.

To the public she was the woman who nearly toppled Bob Katter in the 2013 federal election, but it was Noeline Ikin's ability to connect that will be remembered most by those who knew her best.

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