Posted
It might sound strange, but several Australian families have embraced the idea of camels as pets and their choice could even help struggling Aussie farmers.
Topics: livestock, rural, miscellaneous-animal-production, offbeat, human-interest, ripley-4306, wa, harrisville-4307, ipswich-4305, australia, qld
Posted
The death of a close friend in a mountain climbing accident was a life-changing moment for Brisbane doctor Andrew Peacock. Now he spends half the year globetrotting on grand adventures.
Topics: environment, photography, arts-and-entertainment, print-media, travel-and-tourism, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia, qld, brisbane-4000
Posted
Topics: sport, soccer, soccer-world-cup, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Posted
Little is known — but a lot is expected — of Australia's current women's football coach, Ante Milicic. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup in France, the former Socceroo speaks exclusively to the ABC about his passion for the game and what it means to lead the Matildas on the game's biggest stage.
Topics: sport, soccer, soccer-world-cup, socceroos, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, france
Posted
Homicide detectives investigate whether the children's mother deliberately crashed the car — killing them and herself. The Child Safety Minister says the police and the Coroner need time and space to do their jobs.
Topics: accidents, suicide, kumbia-4610, kingaroy-4610, qld, australia
Posted
| UpdatedA Michael Walters goal inside the final minute sees the Dockers pip the Magpies, while the Cats defeat the Swans, and the Crows, Lions and Giants also post wins.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, australia, nt, darwin-0800, vic, melbourne-3000, collingwood-3066, geelong-3220, hawthorn-3122, wa, fremantle-6160, nsw, homebush-2140, qld, brisbane-4000, sa, adelaide-5000, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedA drop in incomes, a lack of full-time work and high cost of living pushes regional Queensland households to be the worst in the nation for mortgage and rental stress, where more than a third of their income goes to putting a roof over their heads.
Topics: community-and-society, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, community-organisations, housing, qld, brisbane-4000, palm-beach-4221
Posted
Their ancestors were on opposite sides of a lucrative and devastating mining project that changed a Pacific island forever. And yet, their love bloomed.
Topics: history, mining-environmental-issues, environment, relationships, race-relations, community-and-society, people, human-interest, kiribati, pacific, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, fiji
Posted
The barriers to finding a rental home have become so taxing that some tenants are forced to enlist outside help.
Topics: housing, business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing-industry, australia, act, sa, wa, nsw, nt, qld, tas, vic, newcastle-2300, sydney-2000
Posted
| UpdatedAfter a stranger's powerful words helped Natasha Young turn her life around, she started tying laminated notes with message of hope on the bridge. But Brisbane City Council is taking them down.
Topics: suicide, community-and-society, people, human-interest, health, mental-health, local-government, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, anxiety, depression, diseases-and-disorders, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Posted
| UpdatedA former senior firefighter is sentenced to three years' prison for corruption after receiving $194,500 in payments from two companies he helped secure contracts with at Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, corruption, brisbane-4000, qld
Posted
A final decision is yet to be made over whether a strain of the herpes virus will be released to control carp numbers in the Murray-Darling, as irrigators utilise a matured water market to help them negotiate low allocations.
Topics: fish, animal-science, pest-management, government-and-politics, pest-control, control-methods, pests-diseases-and-control-methods, pests, environment, rivers, water-management, water, water-supply, drought, australia, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, sa, adelaide-5000
Posted
| UpdatedAdani needs just one more environmental approval before it can start building one of the country's biggest coal mines after the Queensland Government approves a crucial plan to protect an endangered bird.
Topics: coal, regional-development, environmental-policy, company-news, government-and-politics, mining-rural, environment, business-economics-and-finance, industry, activism-and-lobbying, community-development, mining-industry, rural, mining-environmental-issues, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, clermont-4721, brisbane-4000, australia, rockhampton-4700, qld
Posted
Topics: community-and-society, qld
Posted
Topics: family-and-children, qld
Posted
Parts of Queensland wake to a frosty May morning.
Posted
| UpdatedDalby records its coldest morning since 1911 with several May temperature records broken following a winter blast across southern Queensland overnight.
Topics: weather, qld, brisbane-4000, stanthorpe-4380, dalby-4405, toowoomba-4350, oakey-4401, applethorpe-4378
Posted
| UpdatedFirefighters rescue a miniature donkey who found himself stuck in a septic tank, north of Brisbane. Despite his predicament he still had an appetite for carrots.
Topics: animals, human-interest, accidents, morayfield-4506, qld, australia
Posted
Topics: planets-and-asteroids, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, rubyvale-4702, emerald-4720, qld
Posted
| UpdatedAn amateur astronomer has stunned experts with his photos of the Great Red Spot — a centuries-old storm raging above Jupiter.
Topics: planets-and-asteroids, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, science, rubyvale-4702, qld, rockhampton-4700, canberra-2600
Posted
| UpdatedPolice urge people to take extra care while driving near small children after a toddler is killed by a reversing car in a car park on Queensland's Western Downs.
Topics: emergency-incidents, road, children---toddlers, chinchilla-4413, toowoomba-4350, bundaberg-4670, brisbane-4000, qld
Posted
| UpdatedQueensland police charge a 14-year-old boy alleged to have been driving a stolen car that was almost cut in two when it crashed on Brisbane's bayside, killing a teenage passenger and injuring four others who were in the car.
Topics: accidents, road, qld, brisbane-4000, rothwell-4022, australia
Posted
This week, an Adelaide rail passenger was spotted with a snake on a suburban train — but what are the rules around taking animals on public transport?
Topics: animals, offbeat, human-interest, reptiles, adelaide-5000, gawler-5118, sa, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, melbourne-3000, vic, perth-6000, wa, nt
Posted
| UpdatedResearchers are shocked to discover the global macadamia industry may have originated from nuts from a single Queensland tree in the 19th century.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, horticulture, edible-plants, nut-crops, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, science-and-technology, genetics, maroochydore-4558, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, tweed-heads-2485, conondale-4552, amamoor-4570, qld, sydney-2000, nsw
Posted
| UpdatedAfter working in the industry for just three years, Connor Downes is the youngest Queensland stonemason to be diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease silicosis, as a major law firm prepares for a class action against the manufacturers of stone bench tops.
Topics: health, respiratory-diseases, diseases-and-disorders, industrial-relations, occupational-health-and-safety, work, community-and-society, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215