Queensland

British music legend Sir Elton John will perform in Cairns and Mackay as the only two Queensland stops of his four-date Australian tour — Once in a Lifetime.

A pair of tech-savvy dads challenge Australians to raise money for charity by putting down their smartphones.

Preventing sexual violence is everyone's responsibility, but we need to be careful about how we do it, writes Bianca Fileborn from UNSW.

A Brisbane man is headed to Russia to attempt to break a world record in the sport of snow sailing.

Quarantine staff feared three years ago staff cuts would threaten the biosecurity of Australia's multi-million-dollar agricultural industries.

Lawyers for Clive Palmer's nephew, former Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink, say he is still overseas but they are not sure where, as he risks an arrest warrant being issued for missing cross-examination over the company's collapse.

A Queensland farmer is growing a new breed of mango that is maroon in colour and a similar size to Kensington Prides.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's remaining feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus to be released next week.

The real origins of the kelpie working dog are still a mystery, but there is no doubting that the genetics of pups bred today are studied intently by their owners.

Some homes in the community of Borroloola on the Gulf of Carpentaria have been evacuated with 74 residents sheltering elsewhere, as they wait for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall about sunrise on Tuesday.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakens to a tropical low as it begins to make landfall on the Gulf of Carpentaria's southern coast.

It appears either Matt Renshaw or Usman Khawaja will miss out on selection for the first Test against India, after coach Darren Lehmann says "it's a tight call" between the Queensland pair.

Three friends who had stopped in at a bottle shop in Spring Hill say a gunman forced their Uber driver out of his vehicle and warned them to 'move along', February 20, 2017.

Three passengers recount the moment an alleged gunman climbed into their Uber while parked outside a bottle shop in Brisbane, forcing the driver out of his car while warning them to "move along".

For international students studying in Queensland universities the new academic year comes with a new language and new culture.

The coal industry's multi-million-dollar advertising and lobbying campaign in the run-up to the last federal election was bankrolled by money deducted from state mining royalty payments and meant to fund research into "clean coal".

Tiahleigh Palmer was one of 46 Queensland children in the child protection system who died in 2015-16, in a case the Government has described as "tragic". Take a look at what could be changing as authorities hope to prevent similar incidents.

A survey of country rugby league clubs across NSW and Queensland finds that most are having problems attracting volunteers, players and sponsors.

A central Queensland teenager with congenital muscular dystrophy is elected vice-captain at his school by his teachers and peers.

Meet the woman who sketches and paints underwater sea creatures to help make oceanic research easy to understand.

An increase in exotic pests and diseases pushes Australian agriculture and environmentalists to demand more focus on biosecurity.

There are fears the price of prawns is about to go "through the roof" following a decision by the Federal Government to recall all imported raw prawns.

Gold Coast downhill skater Adam Yates wins the masters division of the International Downhill Federation World Cup.

Wearing thongs, a truckie's singlet and a pair of work shorts, Damian Duffy takes far-north Queensland to the world through social media.

Queenslanders are being urged to maintain a healthy weight, be sun smart and do more to take care of their health to reduce their risk of cancer, after diagnoses in the state rose by more than 20 per cent over three decades.