Jim Young's treasured collection of sewing machines are all in perfect working condition, but their owner would not have a clue how to use any one of them.
An unofficial school bus service driven by community volunteers is increasing school attendance rates for some of far north Queensland's most underprivileged students.
The Queensland Government halts the delivery of new trains for Queensland Rail from the manufacturer in India, because of ongoing problems with their operation, with Transport Minister Jackie Trad blaming the former government for placing the order.
Rogue Federal Government backbencher George Christensen says he does not regret intervening in an agricultural dispute in Queensland, even though it cost him the position of National Party chief whip.
Laws are hurried through Queensland Parliament to retrospectively uphold more than 11,000 rulings by the state's Mental Health Review Tribunal, after it was revealed a member did not have the proper qualifications.
A group of youths from diverse backgrounds are finding their voice and tackling social injustices, discrimination and the politics of division through poetry in Adelaide.
Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal company lodges an expression of interest with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to develop a "clean coal" plant in Queensland's Galilee Basin.
Energy Minister Mark Bailey says he deleted a personal Yahoo email account that had received emails from a union boss because he thought the Premier wanted him to.
Environmentalists want the Federal Government to scrutinise Queensland's proposed Colton mine, which they say will pour a billion litres of untreated waste into waters around the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.
Methane emissions gain less attention than emissions of carbon dioxide in the climate change debate, yet, when it comes to global warming, methane matters.
Queensland Parliament will urgently debate an Opposition bill aimed at forcing a long-running sugar industry dispute into arbitration, even though the Government has installed a mediator between the two bodies at the centre of the row.
Port Adelaide president David Koch repeats his threat that the Gold Coast Suns will not play again in China if they wear red-and-gold jumpers in Shanghai.
Former Young Queenslander of the Year Jean Madden says she will continue fighting charges she misappropriated more than $440,000 from a charity she founded, adding she has "never done a dishonest thing in my life".
A failure of the National Broadband Network's Sky Muster satellite leaves about 65,000 consumers across regional, rural and remote Australia without internet access just one day before a secondary satellite is decommissioned.
The Queensland Government scraps its appeal against a Federal Court ruling that police were racist in their response to riots sparked by the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island in 2004.
Many Australians suffering from lung cancer are wrongfully accused of being long-term smokers and say they shy away from talking about their illness because they are afraid of being judged.
