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Biosecurity blitz: $24m for battle against fire ants

A new $24 million program is expected to help South-East Queenslanders in their fight against fire ants. State government funding to the state's Fire Ant Suppression Taskforce will deliver aerial treatments on large blocks across the region. They will be activated across 212,000 hectares within the suppression zone in and around More

Tropical cyclone forms, intensifying off coast

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has formed off Queensland, potentially bringing more wet conditions to More

Warning to parents after dingo attacks four-year-old

A child has been bitten by a tagged female dingo at a popular More

MP welcomes highway funding after Labor ‘backflip’

A Sunshine Coast MP has welcomed the federal government’s funding announcement for the More

Wet week for rain-hit state with tropical low looming

A wet week lies ahead for the not-so-Sunshine State, with experts warning a More

$4b Borumba blowout revealed amid credit concerns

The cost of the Borumba Pumped Hydro project has blown out by $4 More

Families pack court as killer teen driver learns fate

A teenage boy who caused a crash that killed three women and injured More

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Cheap fares across trains, buses, ferries to remain

Cheap fares that prompted a surge in public transport use in Queensland will More

State bracing for another week of torrential rain

Queensland is staring down another week of storms, with parts of the state's More

Fire ant treatment opponents face police action

Recalcitrant property owners who refuse to comply with mandatory treatment for fire ants More

Town’s only cop to swap Outback for Coast

On the edge of the Simpson Desert sits a small police station, aptly More

Landowners lock the gate on mandatory fire ant baiting

Workers trying to eradicate invasive fire ants are being harassed and intimidated as More

Girl, 4, bitten on chest by dingo on K’gari

Rangers on K’gari are monitoring a male dingo responsible for biting a four-year-old More

Buying a home now ‘beyond hope’ for essential workers

Frontline workers are being priced out of the housing market as the cost More

Million-dollar bust interrupts state’s coastal drug supply

Police say they have disrupted a major drug distribution operation along the Queensland More

Jane Stephens: barbaric nets no longer relevant

Winter has just made its resplendent entrance and we have already had the More