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After five years of tracking it down in remote ranges, researchers discover a new "beautiful"-looking species of gecko, which is about double the size you would normally find in your house.

An Aboriginal man who was facing deportation to Papua New Guinea is released from immigration detention and has his Australian visa reinstated, his lawyers say.

It's the real-life crime drama that struck terror into the hearts of a pioneering community — a woman raped on the banks of the Brisbane River and the subsequent trial, conviction and death of an innocent man. Now, 150 years later, the work of a tenacious crime writer leads to a pardon.

Organisers laud "remarkable" support for strawberry industry after sales at the great strawberry sundae stall exceed expectations.

Students from around the world will learn to fly at a new multi-million-dollar pilot training centre to be built in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs, as part of a plan by airline giant Qantas to keep up with growing global demand.

Constable Pete McAulay is in an induced coma in hospital after he was allegedly hit by two teenagers with a stolen car, west of Brisbane, who've now been charged with attempted murder.

A prominent Gold Coast architect says developers are using a council study that is not fully released to the public to push for taller buildings.

Many people will swear so-called "storm birds" can predict wet weather, but is there any evidence to back up the claim?

A six-year-old boy is rushed to hospital after stepping on smouldering coals from an abandoned campfire covered with sand on a beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, prompting a warning from doctors.

A ferocious blaze burns down the historic general store in Ilfracombe, in central west Queensland — the only place you could buy fuel, groceries and coffee in the outback town. Locals say it's a huge loss.

The brother of rugby league player James Ackerman, who was killed after a high-impact shoulder charge in 2015, levels scathing criticism at the decision to clear Billy Slater, saying it "insulted" his brother.

The results are in — government scientists finally know why an orange, purchased from a fruit and veg shop in suburban Brisbane, turned purple hours after it was cut open.

The death of a little boy at an Airbnb in Queensland on the weekend raises questions about who's liable when things go wrong, and what consumers can do to protect themselves from legal traps.

A $1.3 billion development at the gateway to Stradbroke Island off Brisbane sparks major environmental concerns after internal department briefings reveal 32 hectares of internationally protected wetlands will be dredged, threatening dozens of species, including loggerhead turtles and dolphins.

Despite the Queensland Government promising a jobs boom from the construction of dozens of solar projects across the state, an industry insider says companies are turning to backpackers over local workers.

Billy Slater is granted the chance of a fairy tale finish to his rugby league career, with the Melbourne Storm great cleared to play in Sunday's NRL grand final after avoiding suspension for a shoulder charge at a marathon judiciary hearing.

Wayne Bennett will finish up as Brisbane Broncos coach at the end of the 2019 season after the club decides not to extend his contract.

Jesse Kermode died on a train station platform west of Brisbane following a stand-off with police, but his family says he did not set out to hurt anybody, and believes psychosis played a part in his actions.

A humble esky helps a helicopter crew rescue two men whose tinny capsized in precarious waters off central Queensland.

The first place to serve Italian food in Brisbane could soon be removed if development applications go ahead on the century-old building.

The sister of a man killed in the 1973 firebombing of the Brisbane nightclub hopes a new inquest will finally discover the truth of what really happened.

The CSIRO says Australian industry needs to step up and get involved in NASA's plans for human bases on the Moon.

The first victim of a shark attack in the Whitsundays, Justine Barwick, is now fully conscious and speaking for the first time since being mauled at Cid Harbour last Wednesday.

A fake doctor who roamed the Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane sparked a security overhaul, which included a crackdown on swipe-card access and revealed the entire CCTV network needed to be replaced, documents obtained under RTI laws show.

It looks like it's fresh out of an episode of Wacky Races, but this military plane-turned-campervan is Australian ingenuity at its best, according to custodian Werner Kroll. Take a look inside the "only musical DC-3 in the world".