Five of Australia's Catholic archbishops will give evidence today in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This is who they are, what they've said and their relationship to Cardinal George Pell.

Tourists may be forced to wear life jackets while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, under a plan being considered by the Queensland Government following a spike in deaths.

A secrecy culture of "don't ask, don't tell" could explain allegations of child sex abuse within a religious order with one of the highest numbers of alleged abusers, the royal commission is told.

Aviation and community groups say there are too many developments hampering pilots and putting people at risk at Archerfield Airport, on Brisbane's outskirts.

A trend for barbered haircuts and cut-throat shaves has seen barber shops popping up on street corners throughout the country.

A Queensland farming family teeters on the brink with hopes a crowdfunding campaign will provide a water lifeline.

Former farmer Steve Junghenn uses his latest art exhibition to encourage other farmers to start talking about rural suicide.

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These young flatback turtles are the first in the world to be tagged with miniature solar-powered satellite tags, allowing researchers to track their movements and collect important data.

A man accused of attempting to extort $50,000 from a cafe manager threatened to "break his legs" if he did not pay up, a Brisbane court hears.

The Federal Government has rejected claims Australia's biosecurity protections are failing on its watch.

Pauline the 100-kilo red-haired beer-drinking barking pig which wandered off with the family dogs two weeks ago has been found a kilometre from his Sunshine Coast home.

A day in the life of one of Australia's best pet photographers involves patience, pet food and the ability to talk to animals.

Online sales of branded beef could be improved in Australia with better marketing and value adding less popular cuts according to a Queensland producer.

He's been on extended overseas holidays and cites medical conditions, now lawyers say they're fed up with former Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink's "excuses" and want him to face questioning about the company's collapse.

A cloud is hanging over Jeff Horn's fight with boxing great Manny Pacquiao, with the Filipino legend's camp confirming the Australian is but one of a number of candidates for his next bout.

The largest cruise ship to come to Brisbane, the Ovation of the Seas, has docked at Fisherman Island, as it is too big to fit under the city's Gateway Bridge.

More people are hitching up the caravan and travelling around Australia with kids, such as the Willett family from Bundaberg who took four kids around the country for 18 months.

A Coca-Cola employee in Adelaide says workers did not expect the company to close its Thebarton manufacturing facility, and that he fears his reemployment prospects.

Nine young flatback turtles fitted with tracking tags have been released into the wild off Bundaberg's coast as part of a world-first conservation project.

Troubled swimming champion Grant Hackett says he will seek help for mental health issues both in Australia and overseas, days after his arrest over a disturbance at his parents' Gold Coast home.

As cyclonic rain drenches much across the Gulf of Carpentaria, saltwater crocodiles are being sighted just 250 metres from homes at Burketown.

Markings found etched in historic homes could indicate magical practices by early settlers.

The death of a Cairns pensioner, who lived with a disability, is being treated as suspicious after his body was found in his bedroom up to three days after he died.