Brisbane News

The Lions are facing the Hawks in Brisbane and the Demons meet the Crows in the Top End, as the Cats, Dockers and Giants enjoy their respective AFL wins.

A 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.

Their ancestors were on opposite sides of a lucrative and devastating mining project that changed a Pacific island forever. And yet, their love bloomed.

After 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.

It's been touted as the next asbestos and compared to the cover-ups by big tobacco companies last century, but agribusiness giant Monsanto insists Roundup doesn't cause cancer.

A 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.

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.

Ceramic boobs, pornographic cross-stitch and embroidery of Tinder conversations — it is all craft, but probably not the kind you grew up with.

Adani 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.

Dalby records its coldest morning since 1911 with several May temperature records broken following a winter blast across southern Queensland overnight.

Firefighters 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.

Police 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.

Queensland 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.

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?

Researchers are shocked to discover the global macadamia industry may have originated from nuts from a single Queensland tree in the 19th century.

Despite recent rain, and snow even in the past few days, soil moisture levels remain relatively low for large parts of the east and west coasts — and the BOM's latest outlook doesn't leave much room for optimism.

After 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.

Many businesses are lured to China's booming e-commerce industry, but many find it difficult to survive.

Amid international efforts to find a vaccine for the deadly pig virus, Australian authorities and industry are bracing for an outbreak that some pig farmers fear is "inevitable".

It is a giant snail with a voracious appetite and the threat it poses to Australian agriculture is too big to ignore.

Cheaper than a boat and easier to ride than a motorbike, the growing popularity of jet skis sparks a call for stricter laws around the purchase and licensing of the high-powered machines.

A 14-year-old boy is the tenth person to be killed on Queensland roads since Monday night, in a crash involving a stolen car north of Brisbane. Police say six children were in the vehicle when it hit a traffic light.

The turbulent NRL career of James Roberts will continue at the South Sydney Rabbitohs under his former coach Wayne Bennett thanks to an immediate release from his Brisbane Broncos contract.

Sir Michael Parkinson announces a tour of Australia in October, and reflects on his "thousands" of interviews, admitting some of his best guests have been people he "wouldn't wish to invite to dinner".

A former patient says acclaimed brain surgeon Dr Charlie Teo is a "miracle worker" worth the hefty private-hospital price tag, despite debate over medical fees in Australia.